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Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic


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e-m dag, stefnu, to fix a day for one to appear; (5) with dat., s. e-u, to settle (s. máli); (6) to appoint (hann setti Guthorm son sinn til landvarnar); (7) to allay (sá dauði mun s. mína sút); (8) s. e-t e-u or með e-u, to set, inlay (hann lét gøra gullkaleik ok s. gimsteinum); to embroider (seglit var sett með f?grum skriptum); (9) intrans., to set off (hann lagði halann á bak sér ok setti í burtu); s. undan, to escape; (10) impers. it settles; þegar er niðt setti moldrykit (acc.), when the dust settled; jarl (acc.) setti svá rauðan sem blóð (dreyrrauðan), the earl turned red as blood; þá setti at honum hósta, a fit of coughing seized him; þá setr at henni grát mikinn, she bursts into tears; (11) with preps. and advs.; s. e-n af kirkju, to put out of the church, excommunicate; s. e-n af ríki, to depose one; s. e-n af lífi, af sinni eign, to deprive one of life, of one's property; s. e-n aptr, hold one back, check (hann setti þá harðliga aptr, er á Þráin leituðu); s. at e-m, to attack; s. e-t á skrá, to enter, set in a scroll; s. á sik hjálm, to put on a helmet; s. á, to push (H. bað Ketil ganga fyrir skut ok s. á); s. e-n eptir, to leave one behind; s. fram skip, to launch a ship; s. e-t fyrir, to prescribe (eptir fyrir-settri skipan); s. þvert nei fyrir, to deny flatly (Þyri setti þvert nei fyrir, at hón myndi giptast g?mlum konungi); s. e-n í fj?tur, bönd, to put in fetters; hann hafði sett spjót í völlinn hjá sér, he had stuck his spear in the ground beside him; s. e-n niðr, to make one sit down, put one down (H. þreif til hans ok setti hann niðr hjá sér); s. niðr lík, to lay a corpse in earth, bury it; s. niðr mál, deilu, vandræði, to settle it; s. e-t saman, to put together, set up (s. bú saman); to compose, write (eptir bókum þeim, er Snorri setti saman); s. e-n til bókar, to set one to learn; s. e-n til ríkis, to put one on the throne; s. upp, to raise, erect, put up (s. upp skurðgoð); s. upp segl, to hoist sail; s. upp boga, to bend a bow; s. skip upp, to draw a ship up, ashore; s. skip út, to launch, = s. skip fram; s. e-t við e-u, to set against (þat þótti höfðingjum ofrausn ok settu mj?k hug sinn við); to bet (ek set við hundrað marka silfrs, at hann ríðr mik eigi af baki); s. e-n yfir e-t, to put one over, at the head of (H. konungr setti Eystein jarl yfir Vestfold); (12) refl., setjast, to seat oneself, take a seat; s. niðr, to sit down (þeir settust niðr á völlinn); s. á tal við e-n, to sit down to talk with a person; to take up one's abode (fór hann í Odda ok settist þar); s. um kyrrt, to settle oneself to rest; s. at í ríki sínu, to settle in one's kingdom; s. aptr af brottferðinni, to desist from the journey; s. eptir, to remain behind; ek hefi hér upp sezt at þér, I have taken up my abode with thee; s. fyrir, to withstand, oppose; s. fyrir e-t, to put oneself at the head of, take in one's hand (siðan settist Sturla fyrir mál þeirra); s. hjá e-u, not to meddle with, take no part in (settist Sturla hjá ?llum vandræðum, er þar af gerðust); s. um borg, to lay siege to a town; s. upp, to raise oneself to a sitting posture; s. yfir e-t, to seize upon (nú setjast þeir yfir staðinn ok alla staðarins eign); of the sun, setjast, to set, go down (þat er víða á því landi, at sól sezt eigi um nætr); dagr sezt, the day ends; sólu (degi) er sett, the sun (day) has set.
set-ligr, a. due, fit, proper.
setna (), v. to settle, subside.
setning (pl. –ar), f. (1) position, site; s. hússins, the plan of the house; (2) order, arrangement; hver er s. háttanna, what is the composition of the metres; (3) order, rule, rite (bera járn eptir réttri setningu); manna s., human rule; at setningu, according ot a plan.
setningr, m. set purpose, design.
setr, n. (1) seat, residence (auðigra manna s.); (2) setting, of the sun (sól at setri komin); (3) = sætr, mountain pastures, dairy lands (in Norway).
set-stokkr, m. planking-beam (between the 'set' and the unfloored center of the hall).
sétti, ord. numb. the sixth.



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