háseti

Icelandic

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háseti

Etymology

From há- (“of an oarlock”) +‎ seti (“one who sits”), from hár (“róðrarþollur, keipur; an oarlock”) and seti from the verb sitja (“to sit”), literally "one who sits at the oarlock"—"one who rows".^[1]

Compare the Nynorsk håbsete and Old Swedish hasæti.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhauːsɛːtɪ/

Noun

háseti m (genitive singular háseta, nominative plural hásetar)

a deckhand, a sailor; a member of a deck crew

Declension

Declension of háseti
m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	háseti	hásetinn	hásetar	hásetarnir
accusative	háseta	hásetann	háseta	hásetana
dative	háseta	hásetanum	hásetum	hásetunum
genitive	háseta	hásetans	háseta	hásetanna

Synonyms

(member of a deck crew): skipverji^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

[blondal-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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