Set-berg

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Set-berg

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 set-berg

n. [cp, the Cumbrian Saddleback], a seat-formed or saddle-formed rock or crag, Gs. 11, Edda 34 (from the points of Thor’s hammer); sitja setbergs (= á setbergi), Edda (in a verse).

2 set-berg

II. in local names in Icel., Set-berg, in western Icel. These fells were looked on as the mountain-seats of tutelary giants (land-vættir), cp. ‘vivo sedilia saxo’ in Virgil.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᛏ-ᛒᛁᚱᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Gs.: Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)

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