háseti

Icelandic

Etymology

From há- (“of an oarlock”) +‎ seti (“one who sits”), from hár (“róðrarþollur, keipur; an oarlock”) and seti from the verb sitja (“to sit”), literally "one who sits at the oarlock"—"one who rows".

Compare the Nynorsk håbsete and Old Swedish hasæti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhauːsɛːtɪ/

Noun

háseti m (genitive singular háseta, nominative plural hásetar)

1. a deckhand, a sailor; a member of a deck crew

Declension

declension of háseti

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	háseti	hásetinn	hásetar	hásetarnir
accusative	háseta	hásetann	háseta	hásetana
dative	háseta	hásetanum	hásetum	hásetunum
genitive	háseta	hásetans	háseta	hásetanna

Synonyms

• (member of a deck crew): skipverji