saeter
See also: sæter
English
WOTD – 4 April 2021
Etymology
Borrowed from:
- Norwegian Nynorsk sæter (obsolete spelling), seter, and Norwegian Bokmål seter, from Old Norse sætr, setr (“dairy lands, mountain pastures; residence, seat; setting (of the sun)”); and
- Swedish säter (“mountain pastures”);
all from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).[1] The English word is a doublet of sit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈseɪtə/, /ˈsɛ-/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈseɪtɚ/, /ˈsɛ-/, [-ɾɚ]
- Homophones: satyr (GA pronunciation), setter (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ), -ɛtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: sae‧ter
Noun
saeter (plural saeters)
- A Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.
- A barn, cabin, dairy, or farm located in such a meadow.
- (Orkney, Shetland) A meadow, especially one used for grazing that is attached to a dwelling.
Alternative forms
- säter
- saether
- sæter (obsolete)
- seter
Translations
barn, etc., located in such a meadow
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meadow, especially one used for grazing attached to a dwelling
See also
- shieling
References
- Compare “saeter, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “saeter, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- transhumance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Easter, Eastre, Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, seater, staree, teares, teaser, teresa