Sess

Old Norse Dictionary - sess

Meaning of Old Norse word "sess" in English.

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

sess Old Norse word can mean:

sess: m. [sitja], a seat; ráða sessa kostum, Gm. 14; sessa ok staði velit mér sumbli at, Ls. 7; snjallr ertú í sessi, 15; í sessi ok sæingu, Gkv. 1. 20; hvat viltú, sveinn, í sess minn? Eg. (in a verse); eiga drykk ok sess við, 95, Fs. 43; hann var hár í sessi, he was high in the seat, Fms. x. 151, Ld. 274, v. l. (cp. Iliad iii. 211, of Odysseus); hvar vísar þú mér til sess? Nj. 129; er hann mundi setja yfir sess hans, 656 C. 25; svá var skipat sessum, Fms. x. 16; var sá sess veglegastr, Fagrsk. 149; vera kominn í vandan sess, in a difficult situation, Bs. i. 141: the saying, opt er lágr sess hægr, a low seat is an easy seat, = Lat. bene vixit qui bene latuit.

sess: COMPDS: sessmegir, sessmeiðr, Sessrúmnir.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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