vísir

See also: visir and visír

Old Norse

Etymology

The meaning of 'sprout' is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”).

Adjective

vísir

1. positive degree strong masculine nominative plural of víss

Noun

vísir m (genitive vísis)

1. leader, king

   Synonym: vísi

2. sprout

Declension

  Declension of vísir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vísir	vísirinn	vísar	vísarnir
accusative	vísi	vísinn	vísa	vísana
dative	vísi	vísinum	vísum	vísunum
genitive	vísis	vísisins	vísa	vísanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: vise m
• Swedish: vise m

Verb

vísir

1. second-person singular present subjunctive active of vísa

References

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