vitleysa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vitleysa.

Noun

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

Related terms

• vit
• vitlaus
• vitleysingi

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

vitleysa f (genitive vitleysu)

1. madness
2. nonsense

Declension

  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

• Icelandic: vitleysa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vettløyse, vitløyse

References

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