Sæta

Old Norse Dictionary - sæta

Meaning of Old Norse word "sæta"

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

Old Norse word sæta can mean:sæta

sæta
1. u, f. a kind of bondwoman; tvær eru hans enar beztu ambáttir, sæta ok deigja, N. G. L. i. 70, 234; sæta heitir sú kona, er búandi hennar er af landi farinn, Edda 108.
sæta
2. in poetry, a woman (generally), Lex. Poët.; sætan átti sjúkan mann, sér kaus dauða ef lifði hann, a ditty; heima-S., a marriageable girl staying at home.
sæta
II. a midden, dung-hill; jam-mikit sem hann taddi sér með sætu hans, N. G. L. ii. 113.
sæta
2. (i. e. sœta), t, to sweeten, MS. 23. 28.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
L.
Linnæus.
i. e.
id est.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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