setting.
an old Norwegian and Scandinavian unit of dry volume, especially for grain, whose value varied locally; in Norway officially fixed in 1683 at one sixteenth of a grain barrel, equivalent to 8.71 litres
Meaning & usage
an old Norwegian and Scandinavian unit of dry volume, especially for grain, whose value varied locally; in Norway officially fixed in 1683 at one sixteenth of a grain barrel, equivalent to 8.71 litres
a vessel, tub, or barrel with the capacity of one such unit
Where this word comes from
From an obsolete Norwegian word sette (“sixth”), originally referring to one sixth of a quarter of an old barrel. Compare settung (“old unit of dry volume”), from Old Norse séttungr (“a sixth part”).
a setting, context, or set of surroundings in which an event, action, situation, or work is situated
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English setting (“background, context, surroundings”)
the act or process of setting, putting, placing, planting, or deploying something
setting av poteter
setting av garn
the act or process of setting, putting, placing, planting, or deploying something typesetting; the composition and arrangement of type for printing
the manner in which something is placed, arranged, presented, illuminated, or otherwise set, chiefly in compounds
Where this word comes from
From sette (“to set, put, place”) + -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”).
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