heita á

Old Norse

Verb

heita á (singular past indicative hét á, plural past indicative hétu á, past participle áheitinn)

1. (transitive) to call upon, to invoke
   • Landnámabók

     hann trúði á Krist, en hét á Þór til sjófara ok harðræða

     he believed in Christ, but called upon Þórr for (help with) sea-journeys and hard plights.

   • Gylfaginning, ch. 31

     Ullr heitir einn, sonr Sifjar, stúpsonr Þórs. Hann er bogmaðr svá góðr ok skíðfærr svá, at engi má við hann keppast. Hann er ok fagr álitum ok hefir hermanns atgervi. Á hann er ok gott at heita í einvígi.

     Ullr one is called, the son of Sif, step-son of Þórr. He is an archer so good, and so fleet on skis, that no man may compete against him. He also fair of countenance and has a warrior’s equipment. It is also good to call upon him in duels.

Conjugation

See heita.

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “heita á”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press