saeter

See also: sæter

English

WOTD – 4 April 2021

Etymology

A saeter (sense 1) in Gudbrandsdalen, Innlandet, Norway, situated above the tree line in the mountains and used for summer pasture.

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”). The English word is a doublet of sit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪtə/, /ˈsɛ-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪtɚ/, /ˈsɛ-/, [-ɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ), -ɛtə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: sae‧ter

Noun

saeter (plural saeters)

1. A Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.
2. A barn, cabin, dairy, or farm located in such a meadow.
3. (Orkney, Shetland) A meadow, especially one used for grazing that is attached to a dwelling.

Alternative forms

• säter
• saether
• sæter (obsolete)
• seter

Translations

Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing

• Danish: sæter
• Faroese: ærgi n
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seter f

  Nynorsk: sæter f (obsolete), seter f

barn, etc., located in such a meadow

• Danish: sæterhytte
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

meadow, especially one used for grazing attached to a dwelling

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See also

• shieling

Further reading

• transhumance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Easter, Eastre, Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, seater, staree, teares, teaser, teresa