Setning
Old Icelandic Dictionary - setningMeaning of Old Icelandic word "setning" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
setning Old Icelandic word can mean:
- setning
- (pl. -ar), f.
- setning
- 1) position, site;
- setning
- ~ hússins, the plan of the house;
- setning
- 2) order, arrangement;
- setning
- hver er ~ háttanna, what is the composition of the metres;
- setning
- 3) order, rule, rite (bera járn eptir réttri ~u);
- setning
- manna ~, human rule;
- setning
- at ~u, according ot a plan.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- pl.
- plural.
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