bygg- og høvdingsete

12:39 Feb 6, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Norwegian term or phrase: bygg- og høvdingsete
tourist brochure on top 50 attractions in Norway: Vikingmuseet på Borg
"Lofotr er en rekonstruksjon av det største kjente bygg- og høvdingsete fra yngre jernalder."

The museum's website shows the chieftain's house, but what is "byggsete"?
Karen Goulding
Local time: 02:39


Summary of answers provided
4 +1building site and chieftain's headquarters
Vedis Bjørndal
2 +1Settlement and chieftain's house
Christine Andersen


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
building site and chieftain's headquarters


Explanation:
It is not easy to translate 'sete'. It means something like 'residence'.



Vedis Bjørndal
Norway
Local time: 03:39
Native speaker of: Norwegian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roald Toskedal: Confirmed by several old farm names in Norway, e.g "Navarsete".
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2 days 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bygg- og høvdingsete
Settlement and chieftain's house


Explanation:
This is a guess, reinforced by Per Bergvall's comment - should 'bygg' be 'bygd'?

In that case 'bygd' is a settlement, hamlet, dwelling site, evne a village nowadays, or something of that kind.

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 03:39
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agree  Roald Toskedal: I doubt hat it might be "bygd", I'd say I perceive it more as an archaeological 'building site', i.e. 'a find'.
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