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1 RATA
(að), v.1) to travel, roam; r. viða, to travel far (vits er þörf, þeim er víða ratar); fig., r. í e-t, to fall into (misfortune); ek hefi ratat í vandræði míkit, I have fallen into a great strait;2) to meet wilh find, with acc. (laxa skulu vér veiða, ef vér rötum eigi sauðina); to find the way (ok ratar hann harðla stóra fjallvegu);3) to collapise, fall down (grjótbjörg gnata, en gífr rata).* * *að, originally vrata, [Ulf. wraton = πορεύεσθαι], to travel, fare, journey: in the old allit. phrase, rata víða (prop. allit. vrata víða), to fare widely; sá einn veit, er víða ratar | ok hefir fjöld um farit, Hm. 17; vits er þörf þeim er víða ratar, 5; Vingþórr ek heiti, ek hefi víða ratað, Am. 6: with acc. to find the way, ok ratar hann harðla stóra fjallvegu, Fas. ii. 258: to hit, find, þat varð stundum, at menn viltusk á mörkum, at menn rötuðu þá til þeirra heimkynna, iii. 4: allvel hefir þetta til borit, Þorgils, er ek hefi þik hér ratað, Ld. 176; þat skip hafði ratað í hafinu várkulda ok aðrar raunir, Bs. ii. 439.2. in mod. usage absol. to find the way; eg rata ekki, I do not know the way.3. metaph. to fall into, of misfortune; ek hefi ratað í vandræði mikit, Nj. 98; er þú skalt ratað hafa í svá mikla úhamingju, Ó. H. 115; rata í mikla heimsku, Andr. 71; rata í ólukku, Fb. ii. 74; rata í stór áfelli, Al. 83; þessir stórhlutir, er vér höfum í ratað (hratað Ed.), Fms. i. 295:—reflex. in the phrase, opt ratask kjöptugum satt á munn, even a gabbler may by chance speak a true word.II. to reel, collapse; gífr rata, Vsp. 52; ratar görliga ( collapses) ráð Sigurðar, Skv. 1. 36, (rare.)
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