sátt

See also: satt, sätt, sætt, and sått

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sætt, sátt, from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-. More at saught.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔʰtː/
Rhymes: -ɔʰtː

Noun

sátt f (genitive singular sáttar, uncountable)

a reconciliation
a settlement

Declension

Declension of sátt (singular only)
f2s	singular
f2s	indefinite	definite
nominative	sátt	sáttin
accusative	sátt	sáttina
dative	sátt	sáttini
genitive	sáttar	sáttarinnar

Synonyms

semja
sætt

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

sátt f (genitive singular sáttar, nominative plural sættir or sáttir)

reconciliation, agreement

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sahtiz.

Alternative forms

sætt f

Noun

sátt f (genitive sáttar, plural sáttir)

reconciliation, covenant, agreement

Declension

Declension of sátt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sátt	sáttin	sáttir	sáttirnar
accusative	sátt	sáttina	sáttir	sáttirnar
dative	sátt	sáttinni	sáttum	sáttunum
genitive	sáttar	sáttarinnar	sátta	sáttanna

Derived terms

sáttaleyfi n (“licence to make an agreement”)
sáttalof n (“licence to make an agreement”)
sáttan f (“agreement”)
sáttarboð n (“an offer of terms”)
sáttardómr m (“court of arbitration”)
sáttareiðr m (“an oath taken at a sátt”)
sáttarfundr m (“a peace-meeting”)
sáttargrið n (“truce”)
sáttargørð f (“agreement, peace-transactions”)
sáttarhald n (“the keeping of an agreement”)
sáttarmark n (“a token of peace”)
sáttarmaðr m (“peacemaker, umpire”)
sáttarmerki n (“a token of peace”)
sáttarstefna f (“a peace-meeting”)
sáttaumleitan f (“endeavours to bring about peace, mediation”)
sáttavandr (“particular as to terms”)
sáttband n (“treaty, covenant”)
sáttgjarn (“willing to come to terms, conciliatory”)
sáttgjarnliga (“in a conciliatory way, placable”)
sáttmáli m (“covenant”)
sáttmálsbúð f (“the covenant-booth; Tabernacle”)
sáttmálslǫg n pl (“the prescriptions of the covenant”)
sáttmálsmark n (“a token of peace”)
sáttmálsǫrk f (“the ark of the covenant”)
sáttmál n (“words of conciliation; agreement, covenant”)
sáttr (“reconciled; at peace”)
sáttrof n (“breach of an agreement”)
sáttvandr (“particular as to terms”)
sáttvarr (“careful as to the keeping of an agreement”)
sáttvænligr (“promising in respect of an agreement”)

References

sátt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sátt

second-person singular past indicative of sjá

sátt

Contents

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

Verb

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