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Idisiaviso
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Idistavīsō
la Idistavīsus
Etymology
la. Jacob Grimm suggested that la Idisiaviso was the original spelling of a la Idistaviso, a form found in several manuscripts of Tacitus. Ultimately, Grimm connected the term to goh idis woman and goh viso.100 DÍSdís 77 Alternatively, the philologist Rudolf Simek has suggested that the term may connect with non Iðavöllr.Simek, Rudolf Rudolf Simek Hall, Angela Dictionary of Northern Mythology 0859915131 https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnort0000sime 1993 St Edmundsbury Press Great Britain 171
Pronunciation
Idisiavīsō
Proper noun
Idisiavīsō<3> m
la field in ancient c/Germania, near the Weser river
la Tacitus Annals 2 16 Sic accensos et proelium poscentis in campum, cui Idisiaviso nomen, deducunt Thus inflamed and begging for battle, they were led into the field which had been given the name of Idisiaviso
Declension
Idisiavīsō<3>
References
Idistaviso Idistaviso
Idistavisus