V

wine;
-fat, n. wine-vat;
-fátt, a. shortage of wine, scarcity of wine;
-ferill. m. wine-vat;
-garðr. m. vineyard.
víngarðs-fágari, m. vine-dresser.
vín-guð, m. the wine-god, Bacchus;
-hús, n. wine-house;
-höfugr. a. heavy with wine (skálir vínhöfgar);
-kaggr, m. wine-jar;
-ker, n. wine-beaker;
-kjallari, m. wine-cellar.
Vin-land, n. Wineland, part of North America (Vinland it góða).
Vínlands-ferð, f. expedition to Wineland.
-för, f. expedition to Wineland.
vín-laukr, m. a kind of grass or herb;
-lauss, a. wineless;
-leysi, n. lack of wine;
-óðr, a. wine-mad, drunk;
-órar, m. pl. wine-ravings;
-pottr, m. wine-pot;
-tré, n. vine, vine-plant;
-tunna, f. wine-cask;
-viti, n. vine
-vitr, m. vine, = -tré;
-þröng, f. wine-press.
vira-virki, n. 'wire-work', filigree.
virr, m. wire, thread of metal.
vísa (að, rarely -ta, -t), v. to show, point out, indicate; v. e-m. leið, to show one the way; v. augum í e-n, to direct, fix the eyes on one; v. hundi at mann í, to set a hound on a person; v. e-m. til sætis, to show one where to sit; v. e-m. til landskostar, to direct one to the best of the land; þeir vísuðu honum til Kols, they showed him the way to Kol, told him where he was to be found; v. e-m til vegar, to show one the road; v. e-m frá, to send one away, reject an application; v. á e-t, to point at, indicate (fleiri eru þau tíðindi, er kvæðit vísar á); v. svá til, at, to indicate (vísa ok svá til enskar bœkr, at); impers., vísar svá til í sögu Bjarnar, it is indicated, referred to, in the story of B.; with infin., v. e-m at gera e-t, to tell, prompt one to do a thing.
vísa, f. verse, strophe, stanza (hann orti kvæði ok eru þessar vísur í).
vísa-eyrir, m. fixed, regular income.
vísan, f. direction, instruction (nú skulu þeir fara eptir minni v.).
vísa-ván, f. a thing sure to happen.
vía-bending, f. signal; gera e-m -bending, to give one a signal;
-dómr, m. (1) knowledge, intelligence; bera fullan (sannan) -dóm á e-t, to know for certain; (2) wisdom, wise talk, opp. to 'heimska'.
vísdóms-fullir, a. full of wisdom, wise;
-kona, f. wise woman, sibyl;
-maðr, m. (1) sage; (2) soothsayer, prophet;
-meistari, m. magician.
vísendi, n. pl. = vísindi.
vís-eyrir, m. a king's regular revenue; cf. ' visa-eyrir'.
vísi, m. poet. leader, chief.
vísinda-bók, f. learned book;
-kona, f. wise woman, sibyl;
-maðr, m. soothsayer;
-svör, n. pl. answers information;
-tré, n. the tree of knowledge;
-vegr, m. the way of knowledge or truth.
vísindi, n. pl. (1) knowledge, intelligence; taka v. af e-u, to draw information from a thing; svá er sagt í fornum vísindum, at, in old lore (in old songs) it is said that; hann (viz. Mímir) er fullr af vísindum, he is full of wisdom (knowledge); vita e-t með vísindum at segja, to know for certain; (2) revelation (urðu mörg v sýnd mönnum í draumum); (3) magic art (fara með vísindum ok spádóm).
vísir, m. (1) leader, king, = vísi; (2) sprout (sýndist mér vísirinn vaxa).
vís-leikir, m. knowledge, wisdom;
-liga, adv. (1) for certain (vita -liga); (2) wisely; -ligr. a. certain, sure, safe (þykkir mér vísligra at fara aptr í ríki mitt).
víss, a. (1) certain (þótti honum sér þá vísari dauði en líf); þótt ek vita vísan bana minn, though I know my death is sure; verða e-s v., to ascertain, become aware of (ek mun þessa brátt v. verða af konungi); impers., þessa mun aldri víst verða, this will never be known; verða e-s v. um e-t, af e-u, to get some information of, as to; víss vitandi, knowingly, intentionally; acquainted with (dvergar veggbergs vísir); (2) wise (I. var inn vísasti maðr í öllu); (3) known (nú liðu svá sex vetr, at þetta varð eigi vist); (4) neut. as adv., vita e-t víst, to know for certain; þat vil ek víst, surely I will; víst eigi, certainly not, by no means; at vísu, certainly, surely (hann hefir

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