Yfir-seta

Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-seta

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

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

yfir-seta Old Norse word can mean:

yfir-seta: u, f. a ‘sitting-over,’ sedulity; mæðask í vökum ok yfirsetu, 655 xii. 3, H. E. i. 585; ekki ætlaða ek at þat væri mín y. (my business) at dæma milli þeirra, Fms. ix. 334.

yfir-seta: 2. a holding back; y. á landskyld, D. N. vi. 320.

yfir-seta: 3. medic. midwifery; in yfirsetu-kona, u, f. a midwife, Stj. 189, as also in mod. usage.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

medic.: medicine, medically.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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