vitleysa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vitleysa.

Noun

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vitleysa f (genitive singular vitleysu, nominative plural vitleysur)

  1. nonsense, rubbish, twaddle
    Synonyms: rugl, rövl, þvaður
  2. folly, silliness
    Synonyms: fásinna, glópska
  3. error, mistake
    Synonyms: skekkja, villa

Declension

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    Declension of vitleysa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vitleysa vitleysan vitleysur vitleysurnar
accusative vitleysu vitleysuna vitleysur vitleysurnar
dative vitleysu vitleysunni vitleysum vitleysunum
genitive vitleysu vitleysunnar vitleysa vitleysanna
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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From vit (wit, understanding) ‎ -leysa (lacking, devoid of).

Noun

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vitleysa f (genitive vitleysu)

  1. madness
  2. nonsense

Declension

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  Declension of vitleysa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vitleysa vitleysan vitleysur vitleysurnar
accusative vitleysu vitleysuna vitleysur vitleysurnar
dative vitleysu vitleysunni vitleysum vitleysunum
genitive vitleysu vitleysunnar vitleysna vitleysnanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vitleysa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vettløyse, vitløyse

References

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  • “vitleysa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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