Setna
Old Norse Dictionary - setna
Meaning of Old Norse word "setna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- setna
- að, = sjatna. to settle, subside, dwindle; hefir enn engi fallit, heldr setna þeir í jörð niðr (of a wall), Finnb. 336; en er setnaði ok hljóð fékksk, Fms. ii. 43; setnaði þá kurrinn, Fb. i. 56.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)