VÆNTA

VÆNTA
anticipate
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(-nta, -nt), v.
1) to give one hope of, v. e-m e-u (ek vænti þér sættinni, en ek heit eigi);
2) to hope for, expect, with gen. (væntum vér oss góðra viðtakna); v. til e-s, to hope for; v. í e-u, to hope in, set one’s hope in (væntum í hans miskunn);
3) impers., (þess) væntir mik, at, I expect (hope) that (væntir mik enn, at honum fari vel).
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t, and vætta, the latter form being in old writers the most frequent, and in poets, e. g. in rhymes, vætti and hætta, sætt, hitta, and the like; [Dan. vænte]:—to expect, hope for, with gen.; báðu hann engrar vináttu vænta, Hkr. ii. 217; væntum vér oss góðra viðtakna, Fms. xi. 282; af þér vættu vér miskunnar, 623. 34; ok vættir þú þaðan fulltings, Blas. 48; ok vættir þangat Pálnatóka, Fms. xi. 20: vætta, opp. to kvíða, vætta fagnaðar en kvíða við harmi, Skálda; vænta at …, vænti ek, at þér muni vel fara, Nj. 154; vænti ek enn at koma muni betri dagar, Bs. i; dul vættir ok vil, at …, Skálda; þeir vættu at hann mundi lifna, 623. 36; hón vætti (suspected) at Grímr mundi eptir þeim leita, Landn. 214, v. l.; vætti ek (I fear) at þú fáir ekki ríkit, Hkr. i. 195.
2. impers., væntir mik enn at honum fari vel, Nj. 64; vættir mik, 54; vættir mik at þar komi Halldórr fóstbróðir þinn, … vættir mik, at menn sé forkunnar margir, Ísl. ii. 322; fár maðr vættir mik at frá því kunni at segja, Edda i. 140.
3. to believe; ekki vænti ek (I think not) at þit séð jafnir menn, Fms. vii. 168.
4. to hope; væntum í hans miskunn, Magn. 502; hverr vænti um aldr í þinni miskunn ok hneykðisk siðan, Th. 25.

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