# veesick

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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