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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