sækja heim

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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

Synonyms edit

(visit): heimsækja, fara í heimsókn til

Derived terms edit

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