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

   sæta furðu

   be met with astonishment

   sæta tíðindum

   be considered news, be newsworthy

3. (with dative) to endure, undergo

   sæta refsingu

   to endure punishment, be punished

   sæta ábyrgð

   to be held responsible

4. (with dative, chiefly with negation) to tolerate
5. (with dative) to pay attention to
6. (with dative) to be of a specified degree, duration or amount

   svo vikum sætir

   for weeks on end

7. (with accusative) to stack hay; make it into a haystack

   1919, Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, Lýsing Íslands‎, 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

• “sæta” in: Mörður Árnason — Íslensk orðabók, 4th edition (2007). Reykjavík, Forlagið.
• “sæta” and “sætur” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.