veesick

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Norn song or rhyme, a ballad in Shetland or Orkney.
    — Football was the amusement of the men while the brief day lasted, dancing and veesicks (impromptu rhymes) the fun of the evening. Trows, being excessively fond of dancing, always tried to join the revels, but this they can only do in the […]

词形变化

veesicks plural

词源

Ultimately from Old Norse vísa (“verse, strophe, stanza”) (perhaps via Norn [Term?]), whence also Danish vise (“song, ballad, ditty”).
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