Visna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - visna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "visna" in Norwegian.

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

visna: visna, v. (að) visne, hentørres, sammen- skrumpe; hann hafði fingrna alla kreptaí lófa ok höndina mjök visnaða Bp. I,12326; hönd hans, sú sem skotit hafðií fingrinn komit, tók þá at skjalfa okvisnaði Bp. I, 78135; þá visnaði allthjarta hans ok megn hans Klm. 34117;tók hann í brott eina sin ór hans læri,ok þegar í stað var sem hann visnaði(lat. emarcuit) Stj. 18418. 1857 (1 Mos.32, 25. 32); allt veldi manna er semvindböllr sé blásinn, er svá sýnist semfullr sé ok þrútinn, en hann visnarallr, þótt einni nálo sé stungit á hon-um Heilag. I, 29123.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛋᚿᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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