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 em, 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;
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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 townlaw ;
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to bode, betoken, with gen (ekki vita slík orð lítils); þat mun eigi øngra tíðinda v, this betokens no small tidings ;
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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 r�ddu um þat, at nú mundi vel v, that things were likely to take a good turn;
8.
with preps, v af eu, to know of (ekki vissi á af kaupi þeira) ; v e-t at sér, to know oneself to be guilty of; v et eptir sér = v e-t at sér (v eptir sér slíkan gl�p) ; 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 �órólfs) ; 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）
