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Subject: Re: Name
Author: Lora   (Authenticated as reniannen17)
Date: October 13, 2006 at 12:35:16 PM
Reply to: Name by Sether
I'm guessing it might be from the surname which seems quite common. According to Ancestry.com it's a habitational name from a number of Norweigan placenames containing the Old Norse sætr meaning simply farm.

See:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=sether

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