sækja heim

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse sækja heim (“to visit; in a hostile sense, to attack one”) or sœkja heim, see the Icelandic terms sækja (“to get, to fetch, to seek”) and heim (“home”).

Verb

sækja heim (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sótti heim, supine sótt heim)

1. (rare, archaic, transitive, governs the accusative) to visit, to pay a visit

Synonyms

• (visit): heimsækja, fara í heimsókn til

Derived terms

• líkur sækir líkan heim (like pays a visit to like; birds of a feather flock together)