Sáta
Old Norse Dictionary - sáta
Meaning of Old Norse word "sáta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sáta
- u, f., gen. pl. sátna, Ísl. ii. 329, [setja], a truss of hay carried on horseback, two of which make a klyf: as also a small hay-rick, Nj. 194 (arfa-sáta), Ám. 37, Ísl. ii. 329, Brandkr. 60; cp. sæti, ricks, Eb. 224.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ám.
- Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Brandkr.
- Brandkrossa-þáttr. (D. V.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)