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  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (North.) ; n. m. (?)
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §219; §276; §277; §298; §319; §563;
that on which one sits, a settle, seat, place to sit
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  • Setl

    sella,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 70
      • .

  • Sotol,

    • 289, 23
      • .

  • Gá nú tó setle, symbelwynne dreóh.' . . . Geát geóng sóna setles neósan, swá se snottra héht,

    • Beo. Th. 3576
      • ;
    • B. 1786
      • .

  • Se wæs setles yldest (onsetle yldost, MS. B.)

    he had the chief seat

    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 633, 4
      • .

  • Sæt Agustinus on sotole,

    • 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 503, 15
      • .

  • Hé hét him úte setl gewyrcean,

    • 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 486, 38
      • .

  • Mé hé wið his sylfes sunu setl getǽhte,

    • Beo. Th. 4031
      • ;
    • B. 2013
      • .

  • Ofer setol

    super sellam,

    • Kent. Gl. 304
      • .

  • Sotelas

    sella

    • Germ. 393, 143
      • .

  • Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 33
      • .

  • Hé his líchoman forwyrnde séftra setla and symbeldaga,

    • Exon. Th. 111, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 136
      • .

  • On ðæm forþmestum seatlum (seotlum.

    • Rush.
    ) sitta in somnungum and ða forþmesto setla æt farmum

    in primis cathedris sedere in sinagogis et primos discubitos in cenis,

    • Mt. Skt. Lind. 12, 39
      • .

  • Hé út áwearp ða setl ðara mynetera,

    • Blickl. Homl. 71, 19
      • .

  • Hyra setlu (ceatlas, Lind.: settlas, Rush. cathedras) ðara ðe culfran sealdon hé tóbræc,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 31, 12
      • .

  • Lufigaþ ðæt ǽreste sætil (recubitos)æt éfengereordum and forþmestu setulas (seatlas, Lind. cathedras) on heora somnungum.

    • Rush. 23, 6
      • .

  • Seotlas,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 11. 15
      • .

  • Ða yldstan setl (seatlas,

    • Lind.
    ,
    • Rush.
    ),

    • Lk. Skt. 20, 46
      • .
an official seat of a king, judge, etc., a throne, judgment-seat
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  • On swiðre sedles Godes,

    • Rtl. 27, 33
      • .

  • Fore sedle

    before the throne,

    • 47, 26
      • .

  • Ðú Scippend heofones ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast,

    • Bt. 4
      • ;
    • Fox 6, 30
      • .

  • Setle

    solio

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 13
      • .

  • Ðonne sitt hé ofer his mægen þrymme setl (seðel,

    • Lind.
    : on sedle,
    • Rush.
    ),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 31
      • .

  • Hit is swíðe gewunelíc ðætte dómeras & ríce menn on setelum sitten,

    • Past. 56
      • ;
    • Swt. 435, 21
      • .

  • Gé sittaþ ofer twelf setl (seatla tuelfa,

    • Lind.
    : on sedlum twelfe,
    • Rush.
    ) démende,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 19, 28
      • .
metaph. seat, place, position
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  • Hé áwearp ða rícan of setle (sedle,

    • Lind.
      • ,
    • Rush.
    ),

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 52
      • .

  • Se sit on wóles setle, se ðe yfel wyrcþ mid geþeahte,

    • Past. 56
      • ;
    • Swt. 435, 19-22
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 1, 1
      • .

  • Ðú setst ús on ðæt setl dínes Sceoppendes,

    • Bt. 7, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 24, 2
      • .

  • Ofer seatul (on setule,

    • Rush.
    ) Moyses,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 2
      • .

  • Him sylþ God his fæder Dauides setl (sedle,

    • Lind.
    : seðel,
    • Rush.
    ),

    • Lk. Skt. 1. 32
      • .

  • On sotelum sóðfæstra

    in cathedra seniorum,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 31
      • .
in reference to the heavenly bodies, tó setle gán, etc. (cf. Fr. le coucher do soleil, le soleil se couche) to set
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  • Syððan sunne beó on setle

    after sunset.

    • Lchdm. iii. 8, 19
      • .

  • Ðonne heó (the sun) tó setle gǽþ,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 27
      • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 186, 6
      • .

  • Ðá ðá sunne eode tó setl

    cum occubuisset sol,

    • Gen. 15, 17
      • .

  • Ǽr sunne tó setle eode

    usque ad occasum solis,

    • Ex. 17, 12
      • .

  • Ðá sunne tó setle eode

    cum occidisset sol,

    • Mk. Skt. 1, 32
      • .

  • Sunne sáh tó setle,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112, 17
      • .

  • Ðonne heó (the sun) on setl eode,

    • Bt. 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 645, 26
      • .

  • Ðonne hió on setl glídeþ,

    • Met. 28, 39
      • .

  • Se ǽfenstiorra on setl glídeþ,

    • 29, 27, 31
      • .

  • On setel.

    • Salm. Kmbl. 202, 34
      • .
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v. setl-gang.
a seat, place where one abides, an abode, a residence, dwelling
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  • Him wæs geseald setl on swegle ðǽr hé symle mót eardfæst wesan, blíðe bídan,

    • Exon. Th. 149, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 757
      • :
    • 125, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 354
      • .

  • Geswíc ðisses setles,

    • 119, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 249
      • .

  • Ða stówe his seþles

    locum sedis illius solitariae.

    • Bd. 3, 16
      • ;
    • S. 542, 36
      • .

  • Hé eft tó ðæm fæderlícan setle eode,

    • Blickl. Homl. 115, 33
      • :
    • 129, 12
      • .

  • Ðá næfde hé nán setl hwǽr hé sittan mihte, for ðan ðe nán heofon nolde hine áberan,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 45
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 88, 37
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 116, 31
      • ;
    • Gú. 215
      • .

  • On préstes setel (a hermitage ?),

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 416, 29
      • .

  • Ða hálgan setl sceoldon weorþan gefylde mid ðære menniscan gecynde.

    • Blickl. Homl. 121, 34
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 6, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 86
      • .

  • Gumena ríce, secga sitlu,

    • Met. 9, 42
      • .
a stall for animals
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  • On ðam (in the ark) ðú scealt gerýman rihte setl ǽlcum eorþan tudre,

    • Cd. Th. 79, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 1304
      • .
as an ecclesiastical term, a see
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  • Sanctus Gregorius ðæs Rómániscan setles bisceop,

    • Lchdm. iii. 432, 24
      • .

  • Ðæs Apostolícan setles,

    • Bd. 1, 23
      • ;
    • S. 485, 23
      • :
    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 563, 23
      • .

  • Hér Rómáne ðone pápan of his setle áfliémde,

    • Chr. 797
      • ;
    • Erl. 58, 14
      • ,

  • On setl biscopstóles

    in sedem pontificatus,

    • 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 646, 32
      • .
metaph. seat of a disorder, etc, dwelling-place of non-material things
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  • Ðý læs ingǽ se fiónd in sávelo hiora & seðel habba ne mǽgi,

    • Rtl. 117, 31
      • .
the part of the body on which one sits, the seat
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  • Wið gicþan ðæs setles,

    • Lchdm. i. 218, 10
      • .

  • Gif se uíc weorðe on mannes setle geseten,

    • iii. 30, 16
      • .

  • Wríð under ðæt setl neoþan,

    • i. 366, 17
      • .

  • Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle.

    • Homl. As. 59, 201
      • .
a sitting, the being in, or assuming a sitting position; sessio
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  • Hé frægn for hwon hé ána swá unrót on stáne wæccende sǽte . . . 'Ne tala ðú ðæt ic ne cunne ðone intingan ðínre unrótnesse and ðínre wacone and ánlépnesse ðínes seðles'

    ne me aestimes tuae moestiliae & insomniorum & solitariae sessionis causam nescire.

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 41 note
      • .

  • Ðú mín setl (sessionem)oncneówe and mínne ǽrist æfter gecýðdest,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 1
      • .
stay, residence
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  • On ðæm setle ðe hé ðǽr sæt

    during the stay he made there,

    • Chr. 922
      • ;
    • Erl. 108, 22
      • .
as a military term, a siege
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  • Him (the besiegers) ðæt setl (obsidio) swíðor derede ðonne ðám ðe ðǽrinne (in Veii) wǽron,

    • Ors. 2, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 90, 24
      • .

  • Porsenna ðæt setl foilét

    Porsenna raised the siege,

    • 2, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 68, 30
      • .

  • Ðá forlét hé ðæt setl

    ab obsidione discessit,

    • 3, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 146, 20
      • .
Etymology
[
Heo isetten Iacob on Cristes selt, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 9.
Adam set on the setle of unhele, ii. 59, 25: Ps. 1. 1.
Ich mai þe finde at þe rumhuse . . . þu sittest and singst behinde þe setle, O. and N. 594.
Our loverd sal sitt. . . opon þe setil of his mageste, Pr. C. 6122.
Goth. sitls; m. a seat, throne, nest
:
O. H. Ger. sez[z]al cathedra, sponda, solium, tribunal; sedal, sethal, sedhal sedes, thronus, triclinium, occasus (solis)
:
O. Frs. O. Sax. sedel.
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-setl sotol sedl seotl setel setl-gang sitl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “setl.” 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/27551.

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