settan

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Descendants

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Germanic *satjanan, a causative of the base *set- ‘sit’. Cognate with Old Saxon settian (Dutch zetten), Old High German sezzen (German setzen), Old Norse setja (Swedish sätta), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽. Compare sittan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈset:ɑn/

[edit] Verb

settan (class 1 weak: 3 singular present sett, 3 singular preterite sette, preterite plural setton, past participle (ġe)sett)

1. to set, establish, place, make

   Setton scyldas wið weal. They set their shields against the wall. (Beowulf)

[edit] Descendants

• English: set