veisa

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *waisǭ, compare Old English wāse (“marsh, mire”), Old High German waso and Dutch waas.

Noun[edit]

veisa f

  1. pool; pond; cesspool

Declension[edit]

  Declension of veisa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative veisa veisan veisur veisurnar
accusative veisu veisuna veisur veisurnar
dative veisu veisunni veisum veisunum
genitive veisu veisunnar veisna veisnanna

References[edit]

  • “veisa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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