VÍSA

VÍSA
rhyme
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I)
(að, rarely -ta, -t), v. to show, point out, indicate;
vísa e-m leið, to show one the way;
vísa augum í e-n, to direct, fix the eyes on one;
vísa hundi at mann í, to set a hound on a person;
vísa e-m til sætis, to show one where to sit;
vísa 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;
vísa e-m til vegar, to show one the road;
vísa e-m frá, to send one away, reject an application;
vísa á e-t, to point at, indicate (fleiri eru þau tíðindi, er kvæðit vísar á);
vísa 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., vísa e-m at gera e-t, to tell, prompt one to do a thing.
II)
f. verse, strophe, stanza (hann orti kvæði ok eru þessar vísur í).
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að; pret. vísti, Str. 66. l. 37; part. víst, 73. l. 20, 81. l. 10: [Ulf. ga-weison = ἐπισκέπτεσθαι; O. H. G. wîsan; Germ. weisen; Dan. vise]:—to shew, point the way for one, direct, indicate, etc.; ef maðr vísar at manni ólmum hundi, if a person sets a hound on a person, Grág. ii. 118; hann iðraðisk at hann vísti honum í brott, Str. 66; ef konungr vísar gestum at óvinum sínum, Sks. 258; vísa e-m til sætis, to shew one where to sit, Eg. 29; vísa e-m til lands-kostar, to shew him to the best of the land, 138; ok vísuðu honum til Kols, and shewed him the way to Kol, where he was to be found, Nj. 55; ok vísuðu honum til Valhallar, Hkr. i. 161; hefir þú heyrt hvat atburð oss hefir hingat víst (sic), Str. 81; sem honum vísar til skipan föður hans, Fms. x. 419; hverr honum hefir vísat at rekkju hjá dugandi konum, vii. 166; vísa e-m leið, Skv. 1. 24; vísa þú mér nú leiðina, Hbl. 55; vísa e-m til vegar, to shew one the road; munu vér ekki rasa í helina opna, þótt Hreiðarr vili oss þannig á vísa, Fms. viii. 437; vísar þú augum á oss þannig, thou aimest with thy eyes at us, starest at me, Hdl.; ef maðr vísar manni á foruð, Grág. ii. 17; þótti þeim þá á vísat um bústaðinn, Ld. 6; ef maðr vísar úmaga sínum eptir eldi, gives him directions to fetch his food, Gþl. 377; vísa e-m frá, to shew one the way out, send one away, reject an application, Fms. i. 157, Grett. 125; værir þú slíkr maðr sem hann, þá mundi þér eigi frá vísat, of a wooer, Ísl. ii. 214.
2. metaph., vísa á, to point at, indicate; ek hefir þannig helzt á vísat, Fms. ii. 260; á þat þykkir vísa meistari Johannes í bók þeirri er …, Rb. 466; sem eðli ok aldr vísar til, Fms. x. 177; vísa ok svá til Enskar bækr, at …, xi. 410; vísar svá til í sögu Bjarnar, Grett. 132 new Ed. (vísar svá at í sögu Bjarnar, Cod. A); ok vísar svá til, at konur …, Fms. xi. 414; þat vísar, at …, demonstrates, Rb. 382; sem þér vísit, at þér leggit nú hug á, H. E. i. 251.

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