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* * *I)(-tta, -tt), v.1) to sit in ambush for, waylay, with dat. (hann ætlar at s. yðr, þá er þér farið sunnan); to watch for an opportunity (þessu sætir Sturlaugr ok høggr);2) to undergo, expose oneself to, suffer (vildu þeir heldr rýma land en eptir sitja ok s. afarkostum af konungi);3) to bring about, cause, with dat.; s. áhlaupum við e-n, to attack one; s. vélræðum við e-n, to scheme against one;4) to amount to, be equivalent to (E. var þar at búi sínu, svá at þat sætti vetrum eigi allfám); s. tíðindum, to be important news, be of importance (er þat komit til eyrna mér, er mér þykkir stórtíðindum s.); s. ráði, to be advisable (litlu ráði þykkir mér s. ferð þessi); s. sannindum ok réttindum, to regard truth and right; hann spurði, hví (= hverju) þat sætti, he asked how it came about, what was the reason.* * *1.u, f. a kind of bondwoman; tvær eru hans enar beztu ambáttir, sæta ok deigja, N. G. L. i. 70, 234; sæta heitir sú kona, er búandi hennar er af landi farinn, Edda 108.2. in poetry, a woman (generally), Lex. Poët.; sætan átti sjúkan mann, sér kaus dauða ef lifði hann, a ditty; heima-s., a marriageable girl staying at home.II. a midden, dung-hill; jam-mikit sem hann taddi sér með sætu hans, N. G. L. ii. 113.2.(i. e. sœta), t, to sweeten, MS. 23. 28. -
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* * *I)(-tta, -tt), v.1) to sit in ambush for, waylay, with dat. (hann ætlar at s. yðr, þá er þér farið sunnan); to watch for an opportunity (þessu sætir Sturlaugr ok høggr);2) to undergo, expose oneself to, suffer (vildu þeir heldr rýma land en eptir sitja ok s. afarkostum af konungi);3) to bring about, cause, with dat.; s. áhlaupum við e-n, to attack one; s. vélræðum við e-n, to scheme against one;4) to amount to, be equivalent to (E. var þar at búi sínu, svá at þat sætti vetrum eigi allfám); s. tíðindum, to be important news, be of importance (er þat komit til eyrna mér, er mér þykkir stórtíðindum s.); s. ráði, to be advisable (litlu ráði þykkir mér s. ferð þessi); s. sannindum ok réttindum, to regard truth and right; hann spurði, hví (= hverju) þat sætti, he asked how it came about, what was the reason.* * *t, [sitja, sat, sátu], to sit in ambush for, waylay; with dat., var þeim sætt við sætr nokkur, vóru þar drepnir sumir, Fms. viii. 380; at þér sætið þeim á Eiða-skógi, Eg. 576; hann ætlar at s. yðr ( waylay you) þá er þér farit sunnan, 261; s. honum ef hann færi austan, Orkn. 406; hann sætti þar skipum ok rænti, Hkr. iii. 336; sæta því er Áki færi aptr, … ok taka hann af lífi, Fms. xi. 46; þessu sætir Sturlaugr ok höggr, Fas. iii. 331; s. áverkum við e-n, Orkn. 408, Fbr. 29; s. uppgöngum við Birkibeina, Fms. viii. 73; s. fláráðum við e-n, Boll. 348; s. leyni-brögðum, Fms. v. 257.2. to undergo, expose oneself to; sæta fjándskap af e-m, Sks. 268; s. mótgang eðr fjándskap af e-m, Fms. vii. 280; s. af mér reiði ok refsingum, i. 282, Eg. 89; er sá heimskr er sætir því ( waits for), at annarr göri eptir hans daga, Hom. 153.3. to amount to; þat sætti vetrum eigi allfám, Eg. 512; þat er nauðsynjum sætti, Hom. 129; gripum er honum þætti görsemum sæta, Landn. 331 (Mantissa); geta þess er mér þykkir mestum tíðindum sæta, Fms. vii. 240; þau áhlaup er geig sætti, 656 B. 1; var á henni hugar-ótti ok kvíði svá at meinum sætti, in an alarming degree, Fms. vi. 353; hví mundi þat sæta, what is the reason? Nj. 67; hann spurði hví (dat.) þat sætti, asked how it came about? what was the reason? Fms. i. 302, vii. 353; hann vildi vita hverju um sætti, er jarl hafði ekki komit, xi. 11; hvat sætir þyss þeim ok hlaupum? Gísl. 143; þessi tvau orðin er sæta ( which regard) sannindum ok réttindum, Band. 18 new Ed.II. sæta hey, to stack hay, put it into ricks (sæti). -
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