vísundr

vísundr
(gen. -s or -ar, pl. -ar), m. bison-ox.
* * *
m. [O. H. G. wisunt; Gr. βίσων], the bison-ox, Nj. 160, Þiðr. 230, Fas. i. 201.
2. the name of a ship of St. Olave the king, from a bison’s head on the stem, Ó. H., Sighvat.

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