- seilast
- (d), v. refl. to stretch out one’s hand (Þórr seildist svá langt upp, sem hann mátti lengst); s. eptir e-u, til e-s, to try to get hold of a thing; fig. to seek far for a thing (s. tíl sœmdar í hendr e-m); s. á e-t, to encroach on (s. á guðs, krúnunnar, rétt).
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.