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Old Norse
Verb
heita á (singular past indicative hét á, plural past indicative hétu á, past participle áheitinn)
- (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