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sǽtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sǽtian, sǽtan; ode
To lie in wait for, waylay (with gen. )
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  • Forðam hé hine ne meahte mid openlícum gefeohte ofersuíðan sǽtaþ ðonne diógollíce and sécþ hú hé hine mǽge gefón

    quia enim publico bello perdidit, ad exercendas occulte insidias exardescit,

    • Past. 33, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 227, 13
      • .

  • Hé sǽtaþ (insidiatur) ðæt hé bereáfige ðone earman.

    • Ps. Th. 9, 30
      • .

  • Se synfulla sǽtaþ ðæs rihtwísan

    observabit peccator justum,

    • 36, 12
      • .

  • Hý sǽtiaþ mín

    susceperunt me,

    • 16, 11
      • .

  • Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan,

    • Cd. Th. 56, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 913
      • .

  • Hú ǽghwelc syn biþ sǽtigende ðæs þióndan monnes

    quomodo unumquodque peccatum proficientibus insidietur,

    • Past. 21, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 161, 24
      • .

  • Feóndas and sǽtendan sáwle mínre

    inimici et qui custodiebant animam meam.

    • Ps. Th. 70, 9
      • .

  • Sétendum

    insidiantibus

    ,
    • Lk. Skt. p. 10, 5
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. sæta to lie in wait for (with dat.):
M. H. Ger. sázen
.]
Similar entries
v. sǽtnian, sǽt, sǽtere.
Linked entries
v.  sǽt sǽtan sǽtnian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sǽtian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26273.

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