Sól-setr
Old Norse Dictionary - sól-setr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sól-setr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sól-setr
- n. pl. sunrise and sunset; milli sólsetra, from sunrise till sunset, Eb. 190; várlangan dag sólsetra millim, Landn. 264, v. l.; hann skyldi vera úti með sólsetrum, all day long. Lv. 43.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛚ-ᛋᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)