sæta

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaiːta/

  Rhymes: -aiːta

From Old Norse sæta (“woman who awaits her husband’s return; dung heap”), from Proto-Germanic *sētijǭ, derived from *sitjaną (“to sit”).

sæta f (genitive singular sætu, nominative plural sætur)

1. (poetic) woman, girl
2. a woman who awaits her husband’s return from a voyage
3. (in compounds) an agent noun for sitja and its compounds or otherwise denoting someone who sits, waits or is situated; sitter

   E.g. fyrirsæta (“model”), i.e. “one who models/poses”, from sitja fyrir (“to pose, model”)

• fyrirsæta
• heimasæta
• innisæta
• samsæta

From Proto-Germanic *swōtijǭ, from *swōtuz (“sweet”).

sæta f (genitive singular sætu, no plural)

1. sweetness

From Old Norse sæta, from Proto-Germanic *sētijaną.

sæta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sætti, supine sætt)

1. to take advantage of, make use of some opportunity [with dative]
2. to be an occasion for some opinion or emotion; be met with, be considered [with dative]

   sæta furðu

   be met with astonishment

   sæta tíðindum

   be considered news, be newsworthy

3. to endure, undergo [with dative]

   sæta refsingu

   to endure punishment, be punished

   sæta ábyrgð

   to be held responsible

4. (chiefly in the negative) to tolerate [with dative]
5. to pay attention to [with dative]
6. to be of a specified degree, duration or amount [with dative]

   svo vikum sætir

   for weeks on end

7. to stack hay; make it into a haystack [with accusative]
   • 1919, Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, Lýsing Íslands‎^[1], volume 3, Copenhagen: Hið íslenzka Bókmentafélag, page 133:

     Í Frey XI, 1914, bls. 46–48, er stungið upp á að sæta hey á grindum til þess að verja heyið jarðraka og svo vel blási undir það.

     In Freyr (a publication) vol. XI, 1914, pp. 46–48, it is suggested that hay be stacked on lattices in order to protect the hay from ground moisture and so that there is a good breeze under it.

From Old Norse sœta, from Proto-Germanic *swōtijaną, from *swōtuz (“sweet”).

sæta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sætti, supine sætt)

1. to sweeten

• Mörður Árnason (2019) ““sæta””, in Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “sæta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

From Old Norse sæta (“to waylay”).

• sæte (e and split infinitives)

sæta (present tense sæter, past tense sætte, past participle sætt, passive infinitive sætast, present participle sætande, imperative sæt)

1. (transitive) to obey, submit to
2. (intransitive) to be worthy of submission, respect

• sæt n

From såte (“a heap of hey”).

• sæte (e and split infinitives)
• såta, såte

sæta (present tense sæter, past tense sætte, past participle sætt, passive infinitive sætast, present participle sætande, imperative sæt)

1. to pile (hey) into heaps

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sæta f

1. definite singular of sæte

sæta n

1. definite plural of sæte

• “sæta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *sētijaną.

sæta (past indicative sætti, past participle sættr) [with dative]

1. to sit in ambush for; waylay
2. to undergo, expose oneself to
3. to bring about, cause
4. to amount to, be equivalent to

• Icelandic: sæta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sæta, sæte

From Proto-Germanic *sētijǭ.

sæta f (genitive sætu)

1. a woman whose husband has gone out of the country

• Icelandic: sæta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sæta

1. indefinite genitive plural of sæti

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sæta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 426; also available at the Internet Archive