Hitta

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hitta

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hitta" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hitta Old Icelandic word can mean:

hitta: (-tta, -ttr), v.

hitta: 1) to hit upon, meet with one;

hitta: ~ ráð, to hit upon a device;

hitta: ~ leiðina, to find one’s way;

hitta: absol., ~ inn í váginn, to find the way into the bay;

hitta: sjaldan hittir leiðr í lið, an unwelcome guest always misses the feast;

hitta: ~ í vandræði, to get into scrapes;

hitta: ~ á e-t, to hit upon (hitti hann þar á þórolf);

hitta: 2) to hit, strike (spjótit hitti í brjóst hestsins);

hitta: 3) to visit, call on, see (fóru þá margir menn at ~ Hákon konung);

hitta: 4) refl., ~st, to meet one another;

hitta: hann bað þá vel fara ok heila ~st (meet again safe and sound).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛏᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

e-t: eitthvat.

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