Alvíssmál

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The Sayings of Alvís (or) The Sayings of the All-Wise; the tenth book of the Poetic Edda.

Origin

• From Old Norse Alvíss, genitive of Alvís, from al + vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz ("sense"), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ("to look at"); + mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-.