Noun: vit
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | vit |
| Sg. Def. | vitið |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | vits |
| Sg. Def. | vitsins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | viti |
| Sg. Def. | vitinu |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | vit |
| Sg. Def. | vitið |
Sample Sentences
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Vits er þörf
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þeim er víða ratar.
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Dælt er heima hvað.
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Að augabragði verður
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sá er ekki kann
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og með snotrum situr.
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Wits must he have
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who wanders wide,
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But all is easy at home; (the wise shall wink
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When among such men he sits.) [Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)]
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Viðskiptavit. (Business acumen.)
Nouns inflected like vit
sement,
koldíoxíð,
samkyn,
smjatt,
koltvíoxíð,
sirkon,
sinnep,
skrafl,
skautaat,
gervigras,
grjótkast,
flatarmál,
yttrín,
sjónflug,
ylvatn,
öryggisráð,
einsteinín,
utanumhald,
samferðafólk,
veggjakrot, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Danish vid, Swedish vett, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz. See: Old Norse Nouns '
vit', Faroese Nouns '
vit', Danish Nouns '
vid', Swedish Nouns '
vett', English Nouns '
wit', Dutch Nouns '
wit', German Nouns '
Witz'.
Verbs referencing "vit"
Swedish Nouns
vett.
Translations