visund

From Old Norse vísundr, through Old Saxon from Proto-Germanic *wisundz (“wisent, bison”). Doublet of visent and bison.

• IPA^(key): /²viːsʊn(d)/
• Rhymes: -ʊnd, -ʊn

visund m (definite singular visunden, indefinite plural visundar, definite plural visundane)

1. wisent, bison

   Synonyms: visent, bison, bøffel

   • 1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kongesogur, page 442:

     […] og paa framstamnen var de eit gyllt visund-hovud.

     […] and on the prow, there was a gilded bison head.

• visundhovud (“bison head”)

• Visund (“Saint Olaf’s ship”)