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on-settan

  • verb
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to oppress, bear down
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  • Hé hig yfele onsette

    vehementer oppresserat eos,

      Jud. 4, 3.
  • Ða Cristenan him mid heora wǽpnum hýndon and onsetton,

      Blickl. Homl. 203, 17.
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v. settan, on-sittan.
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v.  an-settan.
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