Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
V
(hann varð svá hræddr, at hann gekk náliga af vitinu); þat er mitt v., at, it is my opinion that; (4) sense, organ of sense (ekki v. manns heyrirnema eyru); (5) pl., a place where a thing is kept, receptacle (varðveita e-t í vitum sínum); (6) visiting, searching; fór M. jarl vestr um haf á v. ríkis sins, M. returned to his kingdom; ríða á v. sín, to look after one's own affairs.
vit , pers. pron. dual, we two.
við, pers. pron. dual, we two.
vita (veit, vissa, vitaðr), v. (1) to have sense, be conscious (hann var enn eigi ørendr, en vissi þó ekki); with gen., gráðugr halr, nema geðs viti, unless he has his senses about him; (2) to know; engi vissi skapara sinn, no one knew his maker; þeir er vel mart vitu, those who know many things; v. sik saklausan, to know oneself to be innocent; veizt þú, hvat þér man verða at bana, dost thou know what will be the cause of thy death?; v. skyn á e-m, to know one; Flosi kvaðst eigi v. skyn á, hverir lögmenn væri beztir, F. said that he knew nothing about who were the best lawyers; v. ván or vánir e-s, to expect, look for (G. vissi slíks matar þar ekki ván); v. fram, to be prescient, know the future; veit þat trúa min, upon my faith!; (3) to see, try to find out (bað þá v., hvat af Gretti yrði); vittu, ef þú hjálpir, see if thou canst help; vit, at þá náir sverði þvi, try to get that sword; (4) to look, be turned towards; v. upp, fram, aptr, to look (be turned) upwards, forwards, backwards; v. móti sólu, at sjánum, to face the sun, the sea; v. til norðrættar, to look north; ormahöfuð öll vitu inn í húsit, all the heads of the serpents look into the hall; with gen., þeir fundu vínvið allt þar sem holta vissi, they found the vine wherever there was woodland; (5) to come under a certain head; sökin veit til lands-laga, en ekki til Bjarkeyjar-réttar, the case comes under the country-law, and not under the town-law; (6) to bode, betoken, with gen. (ekki vita slík orð lítils); þat mun eigi øngra tíðinda v., this betokens no small tidings; (7) to mean, have such and such bearing,; hvat veit óp þetta, what means this shouting?; eigi veit þannig við, that is not the case; seg mér hit sanna, hversu við veit, how things stand; ok rœddu um þat, at nú mundi vel v., that things were likely to take a good turn; (8) with preps., v. af e-u, to know of (ekki vissi á. af kaupi þeira); v. e-t at sér, to know oneself to be guilty of; v. e-t eptir sér = v. e-t at sér (v. eptir sér slíkan glœp); v. e-t frá sér, to be conscious (sensible) of (ek var svá syfjaðr, at ek vissa fátt frá mér); v. e-t fyrir, to know beforehand (ørlög sín viti engi maðr fyrir); v. til e-s, v. til um e-t, to know of (ekki vissu landsmenn til um ferð Þórólfs); v. ekki til sín, v. ekki til manna, to have lost consciousness, one's senses; recipr. to know of an another (þeir vissust jafnan til í hafinu); v. um e-t, to make inquiries about (fara at v. um e-t); to know about (eigi veit ek um gaman þetta); v. e-t við e-n, to get to know a thing, from one (mun ek v. við skipverja mina, hvat þeim sýnist ráð).
vitaðr, pp. (1) known, proved; (2) marked out (sá er þeim völlr of v.).
vita-karl, m. beacon-watchman.
vitand, f. knowledge, privity (var þat gört með yðvarri v. ok ráði); at minni (várri) v.. to my (our) knowledge.
vitan-ligr, a. known (-ligr e-m).
vita-vörðr, m. beacon-watch.
vit-fátt, a. n. short of wit (e-m verðr -fátt);
-firring, f. insanity, madness.
viti, 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).
vitja (að), v. to go to a place, to visit (tók hann þat ráð at v. eigi optarr til Íslands); with gen., v. frænda sinna, to visit one's kinsmen; at þeir mundi koma ok v. Gizurar, fiay G. a visit, attack him at his home; þóttust þeir vita, hvar hans var at v., where he was to be found; þeir vitja graðungsins, they went to fetch the bull; v. ráðahags, ráðs, to come to fetch one's
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