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seter
English
Etymology 1
See saeter.
Noun
seter (plural seters)
- Alternative spelling of saeter
- 1964, Reidar Christiansen, Folktales of Norway, page 114:
- Every summer, a long long time ago, they went up to the seter with the cows from Melbustad, in Hadeland.
- 1968, Axel Christian Zetlitz Sømme, A geography of Norden: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, page 248:
- In Østlandet, on the contrary, the high mountain plateau, the gentle slopes and the grouping of seters in clusters permit the building of roads and therefore a modernized use of the seters.
- 2002, Brian Roberts, Landscapes of Settlement: Prehistory to the Present, page 131:
- For example, twelfth- and thirteenth-century documents from the north of England mention place-names incorporating the term 'shield' or 'shiel', a 'shieling' being an area of summer pasture corresponding to the seters of Sweden.
- 1964, Reidar Christiansen, Folktales of Norway, page 114:
Etymology 2
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Noun
seter (plural seters)
- A natural terrace in solid rock, formed by waves, that marks the former position of a shoreline.
- 1906, Eduard Suess, The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde), page 479:
- The lowest important terrace, known as Sherbrooke-street terrace, lies at a height of 36-6 meters in the Leda clay; the next, Waterwork terrace, at a height of 67 meters, is excavated in the lower Silurian limestone, and I am not sure whether it should not be regarded as a seter.
- 2003, The Large Wavelength Deformations of the Lithosphere ?ISBN, page 227
- As far as Suess could see from the existing maps and from the aneroid that he had wisely brought with him, the seters are also horizontal. Nowhere did Suess see any marine fossils on the seters, and neither had anybody else before him.
- 1906, Eduard Suess, The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde), page 479:
Etymology 3
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Noun
seter (plural seters)
- A silk scarf or thin pice of cotton cloth used to consecrate a domestic animal to a deity in Mongolia.
Anagrams
- Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch ster (“star”), from Middle Dutch sterre, sterne, from Old Dutch sterro, sterno, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *stern?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s??t?r]
- Hyphenation: sê?tèr
Noun
seter or sêtèr
- (colloquial) star, a star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
- Synonym: bintang
Further reading
- “seter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
seter n pl
- indefinite plural of sete
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse setr, sætr.
Noun
seter f (definite singular setra, indefinite plural setrar or setrer, definite plural setrane or setrene)
- a seter
- Synonym: støl
Alternative forms
- sæter (non-standard since 2012)
Derived terms
Related terms
- sitja (“to sit”).
Etymology 2
Noun
seter f
- indefinite plural of sete
References
- “seter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Ester, ester, reset, reste, setre, teser, terse
seter From the web:
sewer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaqu?ria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aqu?ria (“of or pertaining to waters”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA(key): /?s(j)u??/
- (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA(key): /?su?/
- Homophone: suer
- Rhymes: -u??(?)
- Hyphenation: sew?er
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
- A pipe or system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
Translations
Verb
sewer (third-person singular simple present sewers, present participle sewering, simple past and past participle sewered)
- (transitive) To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
Etymology 2
From Middle English seware, seuere, from Anglo-Norman asseour, from Old French asseoir (“find a seat for”), from Latin assid?re, present active participle of asside? (“attend to”), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sede? (“sit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so?o'?, IPA(key): /?s(j)u??/
- (General American) enPR: so?o?r, IPA(key): /?su?/
- Hyphenation: sew?er
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
- (now historical) A servant attending at a meal who is responsible for seating arrangements, serving dishes, etc.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- While the Saxon was plunged in these painful reflections, the door of their prison opened, and gave entrance to a sewer, holding his white rod of office.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 287:
- His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
Etymology 3
sew +? -er
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?'?, IPA(key): /?s???/
- (US) enPR: s?'?r, IPA(key): /?so??/
- Homophone: sower
- Rhymes: -???(r)
- Hyphenation: sew?er
Noun
sewer (plural sewers)
- One who sews.
- A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
Synonyms
- (one who sews): sempster/sempstress (man/woman), seamster/seamstress (man/woman), tailor
Translations
Anagrams
- Ewers, Weser, ewers, re-sew, resew, sweer, weres
Middle English
Verb
sewer
- Alternative form of suren
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