víss

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Norse *ᚹᛁᛊᚨᛉ (*wisaʀ /⁠*wīsaz⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.

Adjective

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víss

  1. certain, known
    Antonym: óviss
  2. wise
    Synonyms: fróðr, sviðr, vitr

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vís
  • Faroese: vísur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vis
  • Old Swedish: vīs
  • Danish: vis

References

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  • víss in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.