vitja

(að), v. to go to a place, to visit (tók hann þat ráð at v. eigi optarr til Íslands); with gen., v. frænda sinna, to visit one’s kinsmen; at þeir mundi koma ok v. Gizurar, fiay G. a visit, attack him at his home; þóttust þeir vita, hvar hans var at v., where he was to be found; þeir vitja graðungsins, they went to fetch the bull; v. ráðahags, ráðs, to come to fetch one’s bride; v. einkamála, heita, to come to claim the fulfilment of an agreement, or promise.

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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. vii. 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.

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).

3. eccl. to visit, of a bishop; þegar hann vitjar, D. N. iii. 10: vitja sjúkra, to visit the sick; hús-vitja, q. v.