setja

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to put, to place something somewhere
 * 2)  to fix (something for somebody), to determine (something regarding somebody), to decide (something for somebody)
 * 3)  to formally open
 * Að setja fund.
 * To open a meeting.
 * 1)  (for someone) to suppose (something)
 * 2)  to typeset
 * 3)  used in set phrases
 * Eigum við ekki að sjá hvað setur?
 * How about we see what happens?
 * Mig setti hljóða eftir símtalið.
 * I couldn't speak after the phone call.
 * Það sótti að mér kulda.
 * I felt cold.
 * Þegar hann minntist látinnar konu sinnar setti að honum ákafan grát.
 * He began crying immensely upon remembering his deceased wife.
 * Það sótti að mér kulda.
 * I felt cold.
 * Þegar hann minntist látinnar konu sinnar setti að honum ákafan grát.
 * He began crying immensely upon remembering his deceased wife.

Derived terms

 * setja eitthvað á sig
 * setja einhverjum úrslitakosti
 * (to sit up)
 * setjast að einhvers staðar (to settle down somewhere)
 * setjast upp hjá einhverjum (to install oneself in somebody's house)
 * (past participle of middle voice, to have sitten down, to have pulled up a chair)
 * (past participle)
 * (well off)
 * (badly off)
 * (to found, to establish)
 * (to memorize)
 * (to go bankrupt)
 * (to start off)
 * (to stake something; confer )
 * setja að einhverjum (somebody feels chilly)
 * setja að einhverjum grát (somebody starts crying)
 * (to dismiss)
 * (to launch a boat)
 * setja sig úr færi með eitthvað (to lose an opportunity)
 * setja eitthvað fyrir sig (to view something as an obstacle, to have scruples about something)
 * setja einhverjum fyrir eitthvað (to assign something to somebody, to assign a task to somebody)
 * setja einhverjum stólinn fyrir dyrnar (to put an obstacle in somebody's path)
 * (to pass over)
 * (to appoint temporarily to a post)
 * (to get a fish on the hook)
 * (to insert)
 * setja einhvern inn (to put somebody in jail, to imprison)
 * (to put together, to assemble)
 * (to write a book)
 * (to demand a price)
 * (to charge a fee)
 * (to put on a cap)
 * (to look self-important, to put on airs)
 * (to put on a play, to produce a play)
 * (to find fault with, to critcize)
 * setja sig út til að gera eitthvað (to seize every opportunity to do something)
 * setja einhvern yfir eitthvað (to put somebody in charge of something)
 * (to juxtapose, to place side by side)
 * (to find fault with, to critcize)
 * setja sig út til að gera eitthvað (to seize every opportunity to do something)
 * setja einhvern yfir eitthvað (to put somebody in charge of something)
 * (to juxtapose, to place side by side)

Etymology
From, from. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to put, position

Etymology
Causative of. From (1st singular past indicative),, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to, , ,
 * 2)  to
 * 3)  to ,
 * 4)  to ,
 * 5)  to
 * 6)  to
 * 1)  to
 * 2)  to

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-.