háseti
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
háseti m (genitive singular háseta, nominative plural hásetar)
Declension edit
declension of háseti
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)