[2] setit við betra ‘sat through better’: The speaker wryly compares his present trauma with past experience. The exact sense of sitja við + acc. is uncertain here, but may be equivalent to sitja + acc. ‘endure, put up with’ (Fritzner: sitja 6).
References
- Bibliography
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.