Há-sæta

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há-sæta

m. A rower :-- And gerǽdde man ðá ðæt ða scipu gewendan eft ongeán tó Lundene and sceolde man setton óðre eorlas and óðre hásǽton tó ðám scipum it was decided that the ships should go back again to London, and other commanders and other rowers were to be appointed to the ships, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 9. [Icel. há-seti (hár a thole) a thole-sitter, an oarsman, opposed to the captain or helmsman.] ha-sæta