Forseti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Forseti
< Old Norse: literally, one who presides; compare Frisian Fositesland name for Helgoland
Example Sentences
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I was taking a seven-day cruise via Los Angeles-based Viking River Cruises and its 190-passenger luxury longship called the Forseti.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2015
The Viking Forseti was docked on the Garonne River on the Quai des Chartrons where much Bordeaux life and leisure takes place.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2015
Forseti is seldom mentioned except in connection with Balder.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
There Forseti dwells throughout all time, and every strife allays.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
The corresponding deity of the North was Forseti, who patiently listened to both sides of a question ere he, too, promulgated his impartial and irrevocable sentence.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
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