veesick

词形变化

veesicks 复数 veesicks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Norn song or rhyme, a ballad in Shetland or Orkney.

    During his visit to Shetland, Low was fortunate in obtaining two local versions of a veesick, the first from Cunningsburgh on the south Mainland: 'Myrk in e Liora, Luce in e Liunga, Timin e, Guestin e guengna' and the second from the northern island of Yell: 'Mirka Lora, Lestra Linga, […]

词源

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

来源：wiktionary