Setu-menn
Old Norse Dictionary - setu-menn
Meaning of Old Norse word "setu-menn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- setu-menn
- m. pl. the people of the house, K. Þ. K. 136; skemma er Þorkell var vanr at sofa í ok s. hans, Fbr. 136: in sing., hér vilda ek vera í vetr, en görask eigi setumaðr með öllu, not as a settled inmate, Fas. ii. 346.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏᚢ-ᛘᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)