This is the 535th most frequent Icelandic word.
heimsókn
Visit.
used to describe an act of visiting someone's home or place.
Við fórum í heimsókn til afa og ömmu.
We went on a visit to grandpa and grandma.
referring to the act of visiting or being in a place temporarily.
Heimsókn erlendra ferðamanna hefur aukist á undanförnum árum.
Visits by foreign tourists have increased in recent years.
though being a noun, here it implies a formal or notable visit by a person of importance.