Etymology

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Today it means: A Norn song or rhyme, a ballad in Shetland or Orkney. Full definition →

Old Norse vísa ← Norn [Term?]
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The story

  1. Norn · derived from[Term?]
  2. Old Norse · derived fromvísa“verse, strophe, stanza”
  3. English todayveesick

Ultimately from Old Norse vísa (“verse, strophe, stanza”) (perhaps via Norn [Term?]), whence also Danish vise (“song, ballad, ditty”).

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