Vitja
Old Norse Dictionary - vitja
Meaning of Old Norse word "vitja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vitja can mean:vitja
- 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.)