saeter

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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:

all from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). The English word is a doublet of sit.

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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.

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  1. ^ Compare “saeter, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “saeter, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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