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leita v

1. to seek, search, with gen (heraðsmenn leituðu hennar ok fundu hana eigi); l e-m e-s, to seek (try to get) a thing for one (l e-m kvánfangs); l 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); l ráða, to seek for advice;
3. to act (proceed) towards one; ef yðar er illa leitat, if you are challenged;
4. to try to go, proceed on a journey; l braut ór landi, to go abroad; l á fund e-s, to visit a person;
5. to seek, try, with infin (þá leitaði Kálfr at flytja br�ðr sína ofan til skips);
6. with preps, l at e-m, to seek for a person, = l e-s (var þá leitat at lækninum); l at um e-t = l eptir um e-t; l á e-n, to attack or assail one, to blame or reprehend one; l á, to try, make an attempt to get a thing (hvar skulu vit á l?); l á um kvánfang, to look for a wife; l eptir e-u, to seek for; l eptir máli, to follow a case, take it up; l eptir um e-t, to inquire into; l eptir við e-n, to inquire of a person; l fyrir sér, to save oneself by flight (leggjum á flótta, verðr nú hverr at l fyrir sér); l e-s í, to try, make an attempt (var þá margs í leitat); l til e-s, to seek for, = l e-s (aldri leitaði hann til griða né undankomu); l um e-t = l at um e-t, to examine (var þá leitat um sár manna); to try to get or effect (l um sættir); l e-s við e-n, to apply to one for a thing (l ráða við e-n); l við e-t, to try; l við för, to try to get away; l við at gøra e-t, to try to get away; l við at gøra e-t, to try to do a thing (hann vildi við l at mæla;
7. refl, leitast um, to make a search, examine (leituðust þeir þá um ok fundu hurð í gólfinu)

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