sæt

See also: saet and sät

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/, [ˈsɛd̥]

Etymology 1

Derived from the verb sætte (“to set”).

Noun

sæt n (singular definite sættet, plural indefinite sæt)

1. set (a group or series of things belonging together)

   Han købte et sæt undertøj

   He bought a set of underwear

2. (sports) set (a series of games)
3. start (sudden movement)

   Hun vågnede med et sæt

   She woke with a start

Declension

Declension of sæt

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sæt	sættet	sæt	sættene
genitive	sæts	sættets	sæts	sættenes

References

• “sæt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sæt

1. imperative of sætte

Middle English

Noun

sæt

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sātu, from Proto-Germanic *sētō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæːt/

Noun

sǣt f

1. ambush

Declension

Declension of sæt (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣt	sǣta, sǣte
accusative	sǣte	sǣta, sǣte
genitive	sǣte	sǣta
dative	sǣte	sǣtum

Related terms

• sǣtere
• sǣtian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sǣt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.