seter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of saeter. alt-of,alternative
    — Every summer, a long long time ago, they went up to the seter with the cows from Melbustad, in Hadeland.
  2. A natural terrace in solid rock, formed by waves, that marks the former position of a shoreline.
    — The lowest important terrace, known as Sherbrooke-street terrace, lies at a height of 36-6 meters in the Leda clay; the next, Waterwork terrace, at a height of 67 meters, is excavated in the lower Silurian limestone, and I am not sure whether it should not be regarded as a seter.
  3. A silk scarf or thin pice of cotton cloth used to consecrate a domestic animal to a deity in Mongolia.
    — Similar to the seter, it is forbidden to touch the tree, or to chop the tree down for firewood, or timber. It is clear that the sacred tree and the seter cow have powers, beyond that of an ordinary cow or tree, which assist in protecting the herding family and their herd of animals from harm.

词形变化

seters plural seters plural seters plural

词源

See saeter.
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