Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.
ONP:...dalmiskunn. Leiti hverr lýða ... ‘...of valley fishes. Let each man go ...’
924...son kvánar leita kynnis. ‘...the son of my wife to visit his relatives.’
960Ruðr rítar leitar nú ráðs, ... ‘...of the shield now looks for a plan, prop ...’
965...góðmunar leitat ykkr til ... ‘...love has caused you both ...’
965...hvar skalk leita mildra manna, ... ‘...where am I to look for generous men, ...’
970...bragar knátti leita staðar und ... ‘...of poetry was able to find a place under ...’
984...kunnak svá leita at heiptum, ... ‘...I was able so to seek after hostility, ...’
984...eitt hǫgg leita staðar í ... ‘...one blow find its mark in ...’
1003...vér hǫfum leitat at teygja ... ‘...we have tried to lure ...’
1010...muni síðan leita fullteitr þannig ... ‘...will henceforth look there, cheerful, ...’
1018Vakik, þars leizk ekka vel ... ‘...where sorrow thrived earlier ...’
1020notes...helli; svá leitak bauga. Eigi ... ‘...hola; in this way I look for rings. I ...’
1135...rjóðr ara leitaði sér framliga ... ‘...foot-soles boldly sought peace for himself ...’
1140...brúðr tók leita at brenn... ‘...the woman went to seek the burning-...’
1153...hauk, slœgr, leitandi setrs sútar ... ‘...hawk [= (harmr ‘sorrow’)], cunning, looking for the seat of grief ...’
1154notes...hodd-Gefn leizk hônum væn. ... ‘...the hoard-Gefn looked beautiful to him. ...’
1160...konungr bað leita vellmeiðis ... ‘...king bade [his men] search for the gold-destroyer ...’
1160...ár at leita beitis skíða ... ‘...early to look for the steerer of the skis ...’
1160...særir seims leitaði sér brátt ... ‘...of gold quickly sought for himself consolation ...’
1160...þín en leitar hylli hans, ... ‘...words but seeks its [the world’s] favour, ...’
1180...sanna tírar — leitak trús trausts —, ... ‘...true glory — I am seeking certain protection —, ...’
1180...Ingólfr réð leita út með ... ‘...Ingólfr travelled to Iceland with ...’
1199Er leitat orða í ... ‘They seek in my ...’
1200notes...kná at leita bekks sveita; ... ‘...seeks the brook of blood; ...’
1221...er vill leita Krists, skal ... ‘...that wishes to seek Christ must ...’
1240...fæ ek leitat heitis ljósu ... ‘...I find a name for the bright ...’
1240...ok niðr leitaða ek æðra ... ‘...down I looked for better ways ...’
1255[6] gera: leita 624
624 Mal þat hvert er eigi skvlv marger vita ber þv firer omalgvm upp hyg | ín madur skal sa er vill heilsv taka epter godvm læknvm leita ·
...þarf eigi leita dagráðs ... ‘...need not look for a convenient time ...’
1258...hafa hyggindi, leiti góðra dæma; ... ‘...to have wisdom, should look for good examples; he ...’
1258Leita þú trúliga ... ‘Look faithfully ...’
1258...á Upplönd leita lofðungs, ef ... ‘...to Opplandene to hunt for the prince, [to see] if ...’
1263...ef eg leita eftir klökkum ... ‘...if I seek with a humble ...’
1345...um bygð; leitar lífþjónandi ... ‘...through the district; he seeks life-serving ...’
1345‘Hvess leiti þið ljósir?’ ... ‘...you two fair men seek?’ says ...’
1360notes...á sjó, leitar að landi, ... ‘...on the sea, makes for land, ...’
1360Lærisveinn leitar á brautir ... ‘The disciple seeks after the paths ...’
1360...veitir óðar; leita máttu, þollr ... ‘...of the poem; you can search, fir-tree of Laufi, ...’
1380...at skyldu leita sér ágæta; ... ‘...that they should seek fame for themselves; ...’
?En hertogi leitar hœlis; tyggi ... ‘But the duke searches for a stronghold; the lord ...’
?Ýtir leita at vanda ... ‘Men seek to elaborate on ...’
?...at hon leiti þjóðum lækningar ... ‘...so that she may seek remedies for the people ...’
?...þeir skulu leita sveitar suðr; ... ‘...they will have to seek for an army in the south; ...’
?...fara at leita fótar hlustar ... ‘...go to find your foot, ...’
?...seggir drekka, leita at fagna ... ‘...men take to drink, seek to rejoice ...’
?Vilk bráðla leita braut; stríð ... ‘I want to leave quickly; ...’
?...þvíat hverr leitaði öðrum hróðrs. ... ‘...for each sought for praise for the other. ...’
?notes...þá mundu leita at launum. ... ‘...she would then look for rewards. ...’
?...neglisk síðan leitöndum meins; rýfk ... ‘...will be nailed on henceforth to the seekers of harm [sons of Njáll]; I break ...’
?...einkar fúsir leita sauða. Þeir ... ‘...exceedingly eager to look for sheep. These ...’
?...betra að leita bráða, en ... ‘...better to look for meat now ...’
?...‘eg mun leita við að ... ‘...‘I’ll try to ...’
?...undan; eg leitaða við að ... ‘...away; I tried to ...’
?notes...að hann leitaði heim, og ... ‘...that he headed home and ...’
?...síz eg leitaða við, tekiz ... ‘...since I embarked on them, turned out ...’
?...þurfti að leita þess, því ... ‘...needed to try that, because ...’
?...munuð. Ek leita þá finna ... ‘...love-making. I seek then to find ...’
?...lundýgr leitar línbeðs ... ‘...the passionate one seeks the linen-bed ...’
?...frændr munu leita eptir ýti ... ‘...the kinsmen will search for the launcher ...’
?This view shows some basic information about a dictionary headword, plus all the references to the word in the published editions.