Norðr-seta

Old Norse Dictionary - norðr-seta

Meaning of Old Norse word "norðr-seta" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

norðr-seta
u, f., or Norð-setr, n. the Northern Seat, name of a fishing-place in the north of Greenland, A. A. 273, 278, Fms. x. 112; hence Norðsetu-drápa, u, f. the name of a poem, fragments of which are collected in A. A.; and Norðsetu-maðr, m. a man from N., A. A. 275.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱ-ᛋᛁᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

A. A.
Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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