Visinn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - visinn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "visinn" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

visinn: visinn, adj. vissen, fortørret; honum sýnd-ist sem 7 öx fögr ok fullfengilig yxiupp á einn halm, ok önnur 7 mjá okmjök visin í annan stað Stj. 20133; þeirbera frændmey sína í fjórum skautumsvá visna, at hón mátti sik hvergihrœra, því at allir hennar limir vóruþjónustulausir sakir aflleysis Heilag.II, 11726; lítill var uppvöxtr hans, oktraulla mátti hann ganga einn saman,svá var visinn annarr fótrinn Fm. VII,23911; visnir spenar Heilag. I, 4624;þat (nl. hjarta hins sæla Augustini) -sýnist í fyrstu visit sem vón er - Heilag.I, 14819; þurr ok visinn í höndum okfótum Heilag. II, 15022.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛋᛁᚿᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

adj.: Adjectiv.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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