setja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛːtja/ Rhymes: -ɛːtja (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈsɛːta/ === Verb === setja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative setti, supine sett) to put, to place [with accusative ‘something’, along with adverb or prepositional phrase ‘somewhere’] Synonym: láta to decide, to determine, to resolve [with dative ‘for someone, often reflexive’ (optionally) and accusative ‘something’ and að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] Synonym: fastsetja (formal) to formally open [with accusative] Synonym: opna formlega to suppose Synonym: gera ráð fyrir to typeset [with accusative] Synonym: prentsetja (impersonal) used in set phrases ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === setje setta, sette === Etymology === From Old Norse setja, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną. Akin to English set. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²sɛːça/, /²sɛçːa/ === Verb === setja (present tense set, past tense sette, past participle sett, passive infinitive setjast, present participle setjande, imperative set) (transitive) causative of sitja: to set; to put Eg set stolen her. ― I’ll put the chair here. ==== Derived terms ==== omsetja setja etter === References === “setja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === Causative of sitja. From Proto-Norse ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ (satido) (1st singular past indicative), Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. === Verb === setja (transitive) to seat, set, place, put to drive [with accusative] to make, establish [with accusative] to order, prescribe [with dative] to settle [with dative] (intransitive) to set off ==== Conjugation ==== Note that sett- in the past indicative is a specifically West Norse (Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk and Faroese) innovation; East Norse (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål) retains original satt-. ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: setja Faroese: seta Norn: seta Norwegian Nynorsk: setja, setta Elfdalian: settja, setta Old Swedish: sætia, sættiaSwedish: sätta Old Danish: sætiæ, sættæ Danish: sætte Norwegian Bokmål: sette Scanian: sæda Gutnish: sätte === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “setja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive