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to stand so near land as to be aware of it

  • 1 viti

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    m.
    1) token, mark, signal; þat þótti eigi góðs v., it boded nothing good;
    2) as a naut. term; hafa vita af landi, to stand so near land as to be aware of it;
    3) a beacon, kindled as a warning signal (brenna, kveikja, kynda vita).
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    1.
    a, m. a signal; þat þótti eigi góðs viti, it boded nothing good, Fs. 20; ílls-viti, boding evil.
    2. as a naut. term; hafa vita af landi, to stand so near land as to be aware of it, of the marks by which sailors note the proximity of land; hann sigldi fyrir sunnan Ísland ok hafði vita af, Ó. H. 75; allir settu augu sín aptr um skut, meðan þeir máttu nokkurn vita sjá til fóstr-jarðar sinnar, Al. 12.
    3. a beacon kindled as a warning signal when a fleet or enemy was in sight or had arrived, see Hák. S. Góða ch. 21, and Orkn. ch. 71–74, N. G. L. i. 102; eld sé ek brenna fyrir austan borg … þat mun viti kallaðr, Gs. 18; vita skyldi göra á hám fjöllum … svá at hvern mætti sjá frá öðrum, sú var siðvenja, at vitar fóru austan eptir landi, Hkr. i. 147; skjóta upp vita, Fb. ii. 458; fleygja eldi í vitana, Fms. viii. 74, 188; lögðu þar í eld ok görðu þar vita, Eg. 222; brenna vita, Fær.; halda vita, gæta vita, kynda vita, slá eldi í vita, etc., Orkn. l. c.; veðr-viti, a vane, weather-cock. vita-karl, vita-vörðr, m. a beacon-watchman, Fms. viii. 73, 188, Gþl. 86, N. G. L. i. 102.
    2.
    a, m. a leader; in odd-viti; ú-viti, an artless person, e. g. a child; íll-viti, an evil boder; ör-viti or ör-vita, insane.
    3.
    n.(?), a moment, point of time (?); en hvert viti ( every time) er maðr festir útlegðar-eið, þá skal …, N. G. L. i. 161.

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  • 2 VÍTI

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    m.
    1) token, mark, signal; þat þótti eigi góðs v., it boded nothing good;
    2) as a naut. term; hafa vita af landi, to stand so near land as to be aware of it;
    3) a beacon, kindled as a warning signal (brenna, kveikja, kynda vita).
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    n. [A. S. wîte; Old Engl. wite], a fine, sconce; sex marka víti, Grág. i. 319; skal þar gjaldask vítið, 451; Þorgils segir, at hón skal víti ( punishment) fyrir taka, Fms. vii. 219; slíkt víti sem hann hafði á sér tekit, xi. 117; ef þú bregðr eigi af … ella liggr þér á víti, iv. 27; er þat ráð at Hákon skapi þér víti fyrir, ok far þú í sveit hans, vii. 153; leiðar-víti, see leið; hel-víti, q. v.: the saying, láta sér annars víti at varnaði, Nj. 23 (Sól. 19); borða-víti, a table-sconce; en er kom at Jólum vóru víti upp sögð, but when Yule came the sconces were declared, Fms. vi. 242; (cp. the sconces in the Oxford Colleges).
    COMPDS: vítisgjald, vítishorn, vítalauss, vítilauss, vítislauss, vítaverðr.

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