# sæta
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaiːta/
    Rhymes: -aiːta

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sæta (“woman who awaits her husband’s return; dung heap”), from Proto-Germanic *sētijǭ, derived from *sitjaną (“to sit”).

#### Noun

sæta f (genitive singular sætu, nominative plural sætur)
* (poetic) woman, girl
* a woman who awaits her husband’s return from a voyage
* (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”)

##### Derived terms

* fyrirsæta
* heimasæta
* innisæta
* samsæta

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *swōtijǭ, from *swōtuz (“sweet”).

#### Noun

sæta f (genitive singular sætu, no plural)
* sweetness

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From Old Norse sæta, from Proto-Germanic *sētijaną.

#### Verb

sæta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sætti, supine sætt)
* to take advantage of, make use of some opportunity [with dative]
* to be an occasion for some opinion or emotion; be met with, be considered [with dative]
    sæta furðube met with astonishment
    sæta tíðindumbe considered news, be newsworthy
* to endure, undergo [with dative]
    sæta refsinguto endure punishment, be punished
    sæta ábyrgðto be held responsible
* (chiefly in the negative) to tolerate [with dative]
* to pay attention to [with dative]
* to be of a specified degree, duration or amount [with dative]
    svo vikum sætirfor weeks on end
* to stack hay; make it into a haystack [with accusative]
** 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.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4

From Old Norse sœta, from Proto-Germanic *swōtijaną, from *swōtuz (“sweet”).

#### Verb

sæta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sætti, supine sætt)
* to sweeten

##### Conjugation
### References

* Mörður Árnason (2019) ““sæta””, in Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “sæta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse sæta (“to waylay”).

#### Alternative forms

* sæte (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

sæta (present tense sæter, past tense sætte, past participle sætt, passive infinitive sætast, present participle sætande, imperative sæt)
* (transitive) to obey, submit to
* (intransitive) to be worthy of submission, respect

##### Derived terms

* sæt n

### Etymology 2

From såte (“a heap of hey”).

#### Alternative forms

* sæte (e and split infinitives)
* såta, såte

#### Verb

sæta (present tense sæter, past tense sætte, past participle sætt, passive infinitive sætast, present participle sætande, imperative sæt)
* to pile (hey) into heaps

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

sæta f
* definite singular of sæte

#### Noun

sæta n
* definite plural of sæte

### References

* “sæta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sētijaną.

#### Verb

sæta (past indicative sætti, past participle sættr) [with dative]
* to sit in ambush for; waylay
* to undergo, expose oneself to
* to bring about, cause
* to amount to, be equivalent to

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: sæta
* Norwegian Nynorsk: sæta, sæte

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sētijǭ.

#### Noun

sæta f (genitive sætu)
* a woman whose husband has gone out of the country

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: sæta

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

sæta
* indefinite genitive plural of sæti

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sæta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 426; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/426 Internet Archive]