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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1633
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Visick, n. (Shetl. dial. visek an ancient ballad (Jakobsen), ON vísa a verse, stanza. See also SND s.v. Visek n.) —1633 (1711) Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 81.
He was one of the kings of Norway, of whom strange things are reported, in their songs they have of him, call'd visicks
