Leita

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

leita Old Icelandic word can mean:

leita

(að), v.

leita

1) to seek, search, with gen. (heraðsmenn leituðu hennar ok fundu hana eigi);

leita

~ e-m e-s, to seek (try to get) a thing for one (~ e-m kvánfangs);

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~ sér lífs, to seek to save one’s life;

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2) to seek for help (vil ek, at þú leitir aldri annarra en mín, ef þú þarft nökkurs við);

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~ ráða, to seek for advice;

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3) to act (proceed) towards one;

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ef yðar er illa ~t, if you are challenged;

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4) to try to go, proceed on a journey;

leita

~ braut ór landi, to go abroad;

leita

~ á fund e-s, to visit a person;

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5) to seek, try, with infin. (þá ~ði Kálfr at flytja brœðr sína ofan til skips);

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6) with preps.:

leita

~ at e-m, to seek for a person, = ~ e-s (var þá ~t at lækninum);

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~ at um e-t = ~ eptir um e-t;

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~ á e-n, to attack or assail one, to blame or reprehend one;

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~ á, to try, make an attempt to get a thing (hvar skulu vit á ~?);

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~ á um kvánfang, to look for a wife;

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~ eptir e-u, to seek for;

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~ eptir máli, to follow a case, take it up;

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~ eptir um e-t, to inquire into;

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~ eptir við e-n, to inquire of a person;

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~ fyrir sér, to save oneself by flight (leggjum á flótta, verðr nú hverr at ~ fyrir sér);

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~ e-s í, to try, make an attempt (var þá margs í ~t);

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~ til e-s, to seek for, = ~ e-s (aldri ~ði hann til griða né undankomu);

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~ um e-t = ~ at um e-t, to examine (var þá ~t um sár manna);

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to try to get or effect (~ um sættir);

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~ e-s við e-n, to apply to one for a thing (~ ráða við e-n);

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~ við e-t, to try;

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~ við för, to try to get away;

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~ við at gøra e-t, to try to do a thing (hann vildi við ~ at mæla);

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7) refl., ~st um, to make a search, examine (leituðust þeir þá um ok fundu hurð í gólfinu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᛁᛏᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary