ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *satidǭ, first-person singular past indicative of *satjaną. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 (satida), first/third-person singular past indicative of 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan).

Verb

ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ (satido /satidō/) (first-person singular past indicative)

1. I set, I placed
   • 200s-400s, Rö runestone:

     ᛖᚲᚺᚱᚨᛉᚨᛉᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ […]

     ekhraʀaʀsatidostaina […]

     /ek Hraʀaʀ satidō staina/

     I, Hraʀaʀ, set the stone

Attested forms

• (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ (satido /⁠satidō⁠/) [3rd–5th c.]
• (third-person singular past active indicative) — ᛋᛡᛏᛖ (sᴀte /⁠sattē⁠/) [6rd–7th c.]

Descendants

• Old Norse: setja
  • Icelandic: setja
  • Faroese: seta
  • Norn: seta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: setja, setta
  • Elfdalian: settja, setta
  • Old Swedish: sætia, sættia
    • Swedish: sätta
  • Old Danish: sætiæ, sættæ
    • Danish: sætte
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sette
    • Scanian: sæda
  • Gutnish: sätte