Sæta

Old Norse Dictionary - sæta

Meaning of Old Norse word "sæta" in English.

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

sæta Old Norse word can mean:

sæta: 1. u, f. a kind of bondwoman; tvær eru hans enar beztu ambáttir, sæta ok deigja, N. G. L. i. 70, 234; sæta heitir sú kona, er búandi hennar er af landi farinn, Edda 108.

sæta: 2. in poetry, a woman (generally), Lex. Poët.; sætan átti sjúkan mann, sér kaus dauða ef lifði hann, a ditty; heima-S., a marriageable girl staying at home.

sæta: II. a midden, dung-hill; jam-mikit sem hann taddi sér með sætu hans, N. G. L. ii. 113.

sæta: 2. (i. e. sœta), t, to sweeten, MS. 23. 28.

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

Similar entries:

Sæta (II)

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

L.: Linnæus.

i. e.: id est.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.