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setl-gang

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
setl-gang, es; m.
Setting of the heavenly bodies, generally of the sun,
marking time
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  • Ðá bád se sacerd sunnan setlgonges, forðon sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge & eft æt setlgonge,

    • Nar. 27, 15-18
      • .

  • Sunne, setlgonges fús,

    • Exon. Th. 174. 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 1187
      • .

  • Æfter sunnan setlgonge,

    • Chr. 773
      • ;
    • Erl. 52, 24
      • .

  • Ǽr sunnan setlgange,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 495, 7
      • .

  • Æt sunnan setlgange,

    • Blickl. Homl. 93, 16
      • .

  • Sunne hire setlgang healdeþ

    sol cognovit occasum suum.

    • Ps. Th. 103, 18
      • .

  • Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte,

    • Exon Th. 178, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 1253
      • .
marking place, the west
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  • Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange

    by the road that runs to the west,

    • Deut. 11. 30
      • .

  • Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang

    from the east unto the west,

    • Ps. Th. 49, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
Ps. setl-gang.
Cf.
O. H. Ger. sedal-gang
:
O. Sax. gangan, sígan te sedle, werðan an sedle (of the sun),
v. Grmm. D. M. 700, R. A. 817.]
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v. setl I. c, set-gang, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  setl setl-rád.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “setl-gang.” 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/27554.

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