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sæter

sæter is the obsolete form of saeter.

Meaning of saeter

Noun

saeter (plural saeters)

  1. A Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.
  2. A barn, cabin, dairy, or farm located in such a meadow.
  3. (Orkney, Shetland) A meadow, especially one used for grazing that is attached to a dwelling.

Forms of sæter

pluralsæters

Questions about sæter

What is sæter the obsolete form of?
Sæter is the obsolete form of saeter.

Words near sæter in the dictionary

  1. säters
  2. sæcular
  3. sæpta
  4. sæptal
  5. sæptum
  6. sæter
  7. sèkèrè
  8. Sète
  9. Sèvre Niortaise
  10. Sèvres
  11. Sèvres ware

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sæter (page history and authors); saeter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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