Vitja

Old Norse Dictionary - vitja

Meaning of Old Norse word "vitja" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

vitja Old Norse word can mean:

vitja
að, [vit B], to call on, visit, with gen.; vitja frænda sinna, Fms. i. 184; at þeir mundi koma ok vitja Gizorar, pay G. a visit, attack him at home, Sturl. iii. 183, Fms. v.i. 37; þóttusk þeir vita, hvar hans var at vitja, where he was to be found, 203: to come to look after a previous agreement or promise, vitja þessa mála, Fær. 255; hann er kominn at vitja heita þeirra, er …, Fms. v. 43; vitja þeirra einka-mála, er …, vi. 288; vitja ráðsins, Ísl. ii. 241; þeir vitja graðungsins (they went to fetch the bull = Germ. abholen), en selja Kormaki bauginn, Korm. 218; at vitja gjafar þeirrar er hann hafði þegit, Eg. 35; ver hér í nótt ok vitja heilla, of soothsaying, Korm. 206.
vitja
2. with prep.; at vitja eigi optarr út til Íslands, Fms. i. 275; Guð Drottinn vitjaði til Saram, the Lord God visited Sarah, Stj. (gen. xxi. i).
vitja
3. eccl. to visit, of a bishop; þegar hann vitjar, D. n. iii. 10: vitja sjúkra, to visit the sick; hús-vitja, q. v.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛏᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
q. v.
quod vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
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