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setlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
setlan, p. [e]de.
trans.
To settle, seat, put in a position of rest
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  • Wǽglíðende setlaþ sǽmearas, and ðonne in ðæt églond up gewítaþ,

      Exon. Th. 361, 5 ; Wal. 15.
intrans.
To settle, take a position of rest, of the sun, to set. v. setlung and the Mid. E. forms,
Etymology
[Þart allderrmann þatt heȝhesst wass Att tatt bridale settledd (ἀρχιτρίκλινος),
    Orm. 15285.
Til þe sunne wæs setled to reste, Will. 2452. Him thoughte a goshauk . . . Setlith on his beryng, Alis. 484.]
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v.  setlung.
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