For-seti
Old Norse Dictionary - for-seti
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-seti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word for-seti can mean:for-seti
- for-seti
- a, m. the myth. name of a heathen god, Edda, where it however seems to mean an umpire or peace-maker, cp. Gm. 15.
- for-seti
- II. in mod. usage a ‘fore-sitter,’ president, chairman; but in 1793 (Fél. vol. xiii), the chairman is called for-maðr or forstöðu-maðr, as forseti was not then an established word.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛋᛁᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.