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1 úágengiligr
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2 LEITA
* * *(að), v.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 (leita e-m kvánfangs);leita sér lífs, to seek to save one’s life;2) to seek for help (vil ek, at þú leitir aldri annarra en mín, ef þú þarft nökkurs við);leita ráða, to seek for advice;ef yðar er illa leitat, if you are challenged;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;5) to seek, try, with infin. (þá leitaði Kálfr at flytja brœðr sína ofan til skips);6) with preps.:leita at e-m, to seek for a person, = leita e-s (var þá leitat at lækninum);leita at um e-t = leita eptir um e-t;leita á e-n, to attack or assail one, to blame or reprehend one;leita á, to try, make an attempt to get a thing (hvar skulu vit á leita?);leita á um kvánfang, to look for a wife;leita eptir e-u, to seek for;leita eptir máli, to follow a case, take it up;leita eptir um e-t, to inquire into;leita eptir við e-n, to inquire of a person;leita fyrir sér, to save oneself by flight (leggjum á flótta, verðr nú hverr at leita fyrir sér);leita e-s í, to try, make an attempt (var þá margs í leitat);leita til e-s, to seek for, = leita e-s (aldri leitaði hann til griða né undankomu);leita um e-t = leita at um e-t, to examine (var þá leitat um sár manna);to try to get or effect (leita um sættir);leita e-s við e-n, to apply to one for a thing (leita ráða við e-n);leita við e-t, to try;leita við för, to try to get away;leita við at gøra e-t, to try to do a thing (hann vildi við leita at mæla);7) refl., leitast um, to make a search, examine (leituðust þeir þá um ok fundu hurð í gólfinu).* * *að, prop. a causal from líta, [Ulf. wlaiton = περιβλέπεσθαι; North. E. to lait; Dan. lede]:—to seek, search, with gen. leita e-s, or with prep. leita at e-u, or absol., héraðsmenn leituðu hennar ok fundu hana eigi, Nj. 14; leita lands, Fms. ii. 214; Hængr sigldi í haf ok leitaði Íslands, Eg. 99, Landn. 27, 32, Fms. i. 27, 71; leita e-m kvánfangs, Eg. 22, passim: metaph., ef yðar er ílla leitað, if you are challenged, rudely treated, Nj. 139; þótt hans væri eigi vel leitað, Fb. ii. 73:—hón leitaði í eina hirzlu, Fms. iv. 37; leituðu þeir um skóginn allan, i. 72; Njáll leitaði Höskuldi um manna-forráð, Nj. 149: leita at e-m, to seek for, Fms. ix. 218; ok leiti þér at honum Höskuldi, Nj. 171, passim in mod. usage: leita eptir e-m, id., Fms. i. 69: the phrase, leita sér staðar, to go on one’s business, cacare, Hm. 113, Fær. 197.II. metaph. to seek for help; vil ek at þú leitir aldri annarra en mín ef þú þarft nokkurs við, Nj. 74; leita sér heilla, Landn. 33; leita lækninga, to seek for healing, to call in a physician, Johan. 26; leita ráða, to seek for advice, Nj. 75.2. to enquire, examine, Sks. 638, Hom. 65.3. with prepp.; leita á e-n, to offend in word or deed, be aggressive, Nj. 16, Ó. H. 222, (á-leitinn); leita á við e-n, to contest, call in question, Grág. i. 36; leita á um e-t, to try, attempt; hvar skulu vér á leita? Nj. 3; en þat ræð ek, at þú leitir eigi optarr á hreysti mína, that thou dost not again question my valour, Orkn. 402: leita eptir e-u, to ‘lait after,’ seek for, passim; leita eptir máli, to follow a case, take it up, Nj. 75; leita eptir við e-n, to entreat a person, Fbr. 117; leita eptir um e-t, to enquire into, Eg. 536: leita upp, to seek out, Germ. anfsuchen, Fms. x. 71:—leita við, to try, endeavour, Nj. 21, Sturl. i. 17, Rb. 382, Eg. 606, Jb. 382; leita við för, to try to get away, Grág. i. 91: leita til e-s, to try for, Fb. ii. 309.III. in a local sense, to try to go, make ready to go, proceed on a journey; ef Eirekr konungr leitaði vestan um haf með her sinn, Fms. i. 26; hann kvaðsk aptr mundu leita til vina sinnu, ii. 214; ef hann leitaði aptr í land, v. 32; leita braut ór landi, to go abroad, Ó. H. 130; leita á fund e-s, to visit a person, Eg.; haltú vörð á, ef hann leitar ( tries to escape) út um munninn, Fms. vi. 351: leita undan, to go back, fly, Stj. 479.IV. reflex. to seek; leitask um, to explore; þá leituðusk þeir um hvar líkast var út at komask, Eg. 233; leituðusk þeir þá um ok fundu hurð í gólfinu, 234, Stj. 479: leitask fyrir, id., H. E. i. 245, Sks. 706: leitast við, to attempt, mod. = leita við. The reflexive is more freq. in mod. than in old usage.
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