foresettan
Old English
Etymology
From fore- + settan. Likely a Calque of Latin praepōnēre. Cognate with Old High German forasezzen.
Pronunciation
Verb
foresettan
Conjugation
Conjugation of foresettan (weak class 1)
infinitive | foresettan | foresettenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | foresette | foresette |
second person singular | foresetst | foresettest |
third person singular | foresett, foreset | foresette |
plural | foresettaþ | foresetton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | foresette | foresette |
plural | foresetten | foresetten |
imperative | ||
singular | foresete | |
plural | foresettaþ | |
participle | present | past |
foresettende | foreseted, foresett, foreset |
Descendants
- Middle English: foresetten
- English: foreset
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “foresettan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Middle English Dictionary