Vegvísir

'way shower') is an Icelandic magical stave intended to help the bearer find their way through rough weather.

[citation needed] A leaf of the manuscript provides an image of the vegvísir, gives its name, and, in prose, declares that "if this sign is carried, one will never lose one's way in storms or bad weather, even when the way is not known".

'way'), and vísir, inflection form of vísa, 'to show, to let know, to guide' (lit.

Vegur is derived from the Old Norse vegr, Proto-Germanic *wegaz, or the Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

[6][7][8][9] Vegur ('way') + vísir ('pointer') derives its meaning from the same word as the English wise.