visne
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French visné, veisiné, visnet (“neighborhood”), from Vulgar Latin *vīcīnātus, from Latin vīcīnus (“neighboring, a neighbor”). See vicinity.
Noun edit
visne (plural visnes)
- (law, obsolete or historical) neighborhood; vicinity; venue
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “visne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse visna (“to dry up, wither”).
Verb edit
visne (imperative visn, infinitive at visne, present tense visner, past tense visnede, perfect tense visnet)
References edit
- “visne” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- visna (as a-infinitive)
Verb edit
visne (present tense visnar, past tense visna, past participle visna, passive infinitive visnast, present participle visnande, imperative visne/visn)
- (intransitive) to wither, dry up
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
visne
References edit
- “visne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.