Norðr-seta
Old Norse Dictionary - norðr-seta
Meaning of Old Norse word "norðr-seta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- norðr-seta
- u, f., or Norð-setr, n. the Northern Seat, name of a fishing-place in the north of Greenland, A. A. 273, 278, Fms. x. 112; hence Norðsetu-drápa, u, f. the name of a poem, fragments of which are collected in A. A.; and Norðsetu-maðr, m. a man from N., A. A. 275.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᚦᚱ-ᛋᛁᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- A. A.
- Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)