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 (masculine)

	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