SESS

SESS
(pl. -ar), m. seat; hann var hár í sessi, he was tall when seated; vera kominn í vandan sess, to be in a difficult situation.
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m. [sitja], a seat; ráða sessa kostum, Gm. 14; sessa ok staði velit mér sumbli at, Ls. 7; snjallr ertú í sessi, 15; í sessi ok sæingu, Gkv. 1. 20; hvat viltú, sveinn, í sess minn? Eg. (in a verse); eiga drykk ok sess við, 95, Fs. 43; hann var hár í sessi, he was high in the seat, Fms. x. 151, Ld. 274, v. l. (cp. Iliad iii. 211, of Odysseus); hvar vísar þú mér til sess? Nj. 129; er hann mundi setja yfir sess hans, 656 C. 25; svá var skipat sessum, Fms. x. 16; var sá sess veglegastr, Fagrsk. 149; vera kominn í vandan sess, in a difficult situation, Bs. i. 141: the saying, opt er lágr sess hægr, a low seat is an easy seat, = Lat. bene vixit qui bene latuit.
COMPDS: sessmegir, sessmeiðr, Sessrúmnir.

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