Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse vitleysa.

Noun edit

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 edit

Related terms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

vitleysa f (genitive vitleysu)

  1. madness
  2. nonsense

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: vitleysa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vettløyse, vitløyse

References edit

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