"vitleysa" meaning in Old Norse

See vitleysa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From vit (“wit, understanding”) + -leysa (“lacking, devoid of”), the latter related to Proto-Germanic *-lausaz (“-less, lacking”). Close cognate with English witless. Etymology templates: {{root|non|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{root|non|ine-pro|*lewh₁-}}, {{af|non|vit|-leysa|t1=wit, understanding|t2=lacking, devoid of}} vit (“wit, understanding”) + -leysa (“lacking, devoid of”), {{cog|gem-pro|*-lausaz|t=-less, lacking}} Proto-Germanic *-lausaz (“-less, lacking”), {{cog|en|witless}} English witless Head templates: {{head|non|noun|genitive|vitleysu|or|||{{{datacc}}}||{{{dative}}}||{{{3}}}|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} vitleysa f (genitive vitleysu), {{non-noun|f|vitleysu}} vitleysa f (genitive vitleysu) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-f-on|vitleys}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=vitleysurnar|api=vitleysur|asd=vitleysuna|asi=vitleysu|dpd=vitleysunum|dpi=vitleysum|dsd=vitleysunni|dsi=vitleysu|g=feminine|gpd=vitleysnanna|gpi=vitleysna|gsd=vitleysunnar|gsi=vitleysu|notes=|npd=vitleysurnar|npi=vitleysur|nsd=vitleysan|nsi=vitleysa|stem=weak ōn-stem|title=vitleysa}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysa|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysan|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysur|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysurnar|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysu|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysuna|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysur|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysurnar|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysu|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysunni|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysu|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysunnar|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysna|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|vitleysnanna|gpd}} Forms: vitleysu [genitive], weak [table-tags], vitleysa [indefinite, nominative, singular], vitleysan [definite, nominative, singular], vitleysur [indefinite, nominative, plural], vitleysurnar [definite, nominative, plural], vitleysu [accusative, indefinite, singular], vitleysuna [accusative, definite, singular], vitleysur [accusative, indefinite, plural], vitleysurnar [accusative, definite, plural], vitleysu [dative, indefinite, singular], vitleysunni [dative, definite, singular], vitleysum [dative, indefinite, plural], vitleysunum [dative, definite, plural], vitleysu [genitive, indefinite, singular], vitleysunnar [definite, genitive, singular], vitleysna [genitive, indefinite, plural], vitleysnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. madness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vitleysa-non-noun-FkLBGG8A Categories (other): Old Norse terms suffixed with -leysa, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse terms suffixed with -leysa: 23 29 28 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 29 29 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 28 29 11 9
  2. nonsense Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vitleysa-non-noun-mZqqhkW7
     
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "vitleysa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "vettløyse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "vitløyse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "vit",
      "vit#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "-leysa",
      "-leysa#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*-lausaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-lausaz"
    ],
    [
      "witless",
      "witless#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weyd-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewh₁-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "vit",
        "3": "-leysa",
        "t1": "wit, understanding",
        "t2": "lacking, devoid of"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "witless"
      },
      "expansion": "English witless",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From vit (“wit, understanding”) + -leysa (“lacking, devoid of”), the latter related to Proto-Germanic *-lausaz (“-less, lacking”). Close cognate with English witless.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-on",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōn-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "{{{dative}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "vitleysu",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "vitleysu"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleys"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-on"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "vitleysurnar",
        "api": "vitleysur",
        "asd": "vitleysuna",
        "asi": "vitleysu",
        "dpd": "vitleysunum",
        "dpi": "vitleysum",
        "dsd": "vitleysunni",
        "dsi": "vitleysu",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "vitleysnanna",
        "gpi": "vitleysna",
        "gsd": "vitleysunnar",
        "gsi": "vitleysu",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "vitleysurnar",
        "npi": "vitleysur",
        "nsd": "vitleysan",
        "nsi": "vitleysa",
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        "title": "vitleysa"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysa",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysu",
        "2": "asi"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysur",
        "2": "api"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysu",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysu",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysna",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysnanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 29 28 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse terms suffixed with -leysa",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 29 29 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 28 29 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "madness"
      ],
      "id": "en-vitleysa-non-noun-FkLBGG8A",
      "links": [
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense"
      ],
      "id": "en-vitleysa-non-noun-mZqqhkW7",
      "links": [
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vitleysa"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse feminine nouns",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₁-",
    "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-",
    "Old Norse terms suffixed with -leysa",
    "Old Norse ōn-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "vitleysa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "vettløyse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "vitløyse"
    }
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      "vit#Old_Norse"
    ],
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      "-leysa",
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    ],
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      "*-lausaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-lausaz"
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      "name": "af"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-on",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysurnar",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysuna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vitleysur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysurnar",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysunum",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysu",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "vitleysunnar",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "vitleysna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitleysnanna",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "sort": "",
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        "1": "vitleysu",
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysuna",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysu",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysu",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysna",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vitleysnanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "madness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nonsense"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vitleysa"
}

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