Setja

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

setja Old Icelandic word can mean:

setja

(set, setta, settr), v.

setja

1) to seat, set, place, put (hann setti sveininn í kné konungi; hón var í haug sett);

setja

~ e-n inn, to put in prison;

setja

~ inn fénað, svín, hross, to pen up, take in;

setja

~ dóm, to set a court;

setja

~ tjöld, herbúðir, to set up tents;

setja

~ grundvöll til kirkju, to lay the foundation of;

setja

~ borð, to set up tables;

setja

~ e-m gisla, to give one hostages;

setja

2) to drive (hann setti øxina í höfuð honum);

setja

3) to make, establish (~ lög, frið, grið);

setja

~ ráð, ráðagørð, to set on foot (contrive) a plan, plot (báðu þeir hann ~ aðra ráðagørð);

setja

~ e-m torg, markað, to set up a market;

setja

4) to order, prescribe (~ e-m skript);

setja

~ e-m dag, stefnu, to fix a day for one to appear;

setja

5) with dat., ~ e-u, to settle (~ máli);

setja

6) to appoint (hann setti Guthorm son sinn til landvarnar);

setja

7) to allay (sá dauði mun ~ mína sút);

setja

8) ~ e-t e-u or með e-u, to set, inlay (hann lét gøra gullkaleik ok ~ gimsteinum);

setja

to embroider (seglit var sett með fögrum skriptum);

setja

9) intrans., to set off (hann lagði halann á bak sér ok setti í burtu);

setja

~ undan, to escape;

setja

10) impers. it settles;

setja

þegar er niðt setti moldrykit (acc.), when the dust settled;

setja

jarl (acc.) setti svá rauðan sem blóð (dreyrrauðan), the earl turned red as blood;

setja

þá setti at honum hósta, a fit of coughing seized him;

setja

þá setr at henni grát mikinn, she bursts into tears;

setja

11) with preps. and advs.:

setja

~ e-n af kirkju, to put out of the church, excommunicate;

setja

~ e-n af ríki, to depose one;

setja

~ e-n af lífi, af sinni eign, to deprive one of life, of one’s property;

setja

~ e-n aptr, hold one back, check (hann setti þá harðliga aptr, er á Þráin leituðu);

setja

~ at e-m, to attack;

setja

~ e-t á skrá, to enter, set in a scroll;

setja

~ á sik hjálm, to put on a helmet;

setja

~ á, to push (H. bað Ketil ganga fyrir skut ok ~ á);

setja

~ e-n eptir, to leave one behind;

setja

~ fram skip, to launch a ship;

setja

~ e-t fyrir, to prescribe (eptir fyrir-settri skipan);

setja

~ þvert nei fyrir, to deny flatly (Þyri setti þvert nei fyrir, at hón myndi giptast gömlum konungi);

setja

~ e-n í fjötur, bönd, to put in fetters;

setja

hann hafði sett spjót í völlinn hjá sér, he had stuck his spear in the ground beside him;

setja

~ e-n niðr, to make one sit down, put one down (H. þreif til hans ok setti hann niðr hjá sér);

setja

~ niðr lík, to lay a corpse in earth, bury it;

setja

~ niðr mál, deilu, vandræði, to settle it;

setja

~ e-t saman, to put together, set up (~ bú saman);

setja

to compose, write (eptir bókum þeim, er Snorri setti saman);

setja

~ e-n til bókar, to set one to learn;

setja

~ e-n til ríkis, to put one on the throne;

setja

~ upp, to raise, erect, put up (~ upp skurðgoð);

setja

~ upp segl, to hoist sail;

setja

~ upp boga, to bend a bow;

setja

~ skip upp, to draw a ship up, ashore;

setja

~ skip út, to launch, = ~ skip fram;

setja

~ e-t við e-u, to set against (þat þótti höfðingjum ofrausn ok settu mjök hug sinn við);

setja

to bet (ek set við hundrað marka silfrs, at hann ríðr mik eigi af baki);

setja

~ e-n yfir e-t, to put one over, at the head of (H. konungr setti Eystein jarl yfir Vestfold);

setja

12) refl., ~st.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏᛁᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary