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ge-settan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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  • Ða apostolas hie gesetton on ðæm fægran neorxna wange

    the apostles placed her in the fair paradise,

    • Blickl. Homl. 143, 25
      • :
    • Exon. 28 a
      • ;
    • Th. 85, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 1390
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 18, 5
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  • Hie on God ǽnne heora hyht gesetton

    they should put their trust in God alone,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 15
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  • Naman gesettan

    to give a name,

    • 197, 29
      • .

  • He wæs to bóclícre láre gesett

    he was put to book-learning,

    • Shrn. 12, 16
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  • Ðǽr is dryhtnes folc geseted to symle

    there is the Lord's folk set to the feast,

    • Rood Kmbl. 279
      • ;
    • Kr. 141
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  • Ðæt hí hine Gode gesettan

    to present him to God,

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 22
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  • Under anweald gesett

    sub potestate constitutus,

    • 7, 8
      • :
    • 3, 13
      • .

  • Hwonne he ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde

    when he meant to fix the end of this world,

    • Blickl. Homl. 119, 9
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    • 27, 24
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  • Ǽnne of heora aldormannum to bisceope he hint gesette

    he appointed one of their chief men as their bishop,

    • 247, 31
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    • Chr. 604
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    • Erl. 20, 21
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  • He Isaace wíf gesette

    he fixed upon a wife for Isaac,

    • Gen. 24, 11
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  • Heora gewinn mid ðam swíðe gesettan

    therewith greatly confirmed their hostility,

    • Ors. 5, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 109, 5, note
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  • Wilt ðú on ðas tíd gesettan Israhéla folca ríce

    si in tempore hoc restitues regnum Israel?

    • Blickl. Homl. 117, 11
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  • Gesete

    restitue,

    • Ps. Spl. 34, 20
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  • Hí him gesetton ðæt hyra án látteów wǽre

    they decreed for themselves that there should be one leader of them,

    • Ors. 2, 4
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    • Bos. 42, 26
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    • Shrn. 112, 18
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 193, 3
      • :
    • 61, 27
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  • Dóm gesettan

    to judge,

    • Gen. 18, 25
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  • Gesette ýðum heora omrihtne ryne

    he appointed the waves their proper course,

    • Cd. 8
      • ;
    • Th. 10, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 166
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  • He gefór ða burg and hét hie gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum

    he gained the town and ordered it to be occupied by both English and Danes,

    • Chr. 922
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    • El. 108, 31: 886
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    • Erl. 84, 26
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    • Mt. Bos. 21, 33, 41
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    • Ors. 3, 5
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    • Bos. 56, 35
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  • Ealne norþ-dǽl ðysses eálondes genóman and gesetton

    omnem aquilonalem insulæ partem capessunt,

    • Bd. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 481, 18
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 79, 26
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  • Heora, éðel on heofenum sceolde eft gebúen and geseted weorðan mid hálgum sáwlum

    their home in heaven should again be inhabited and peopled with holy souls,

    • 121, 33
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  • Seó landbúnes is swíðost cýpemonnum geseted

    hæc colonia est maxime negotiatorum,

    • Nar. 33, 15
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  • Gesettaþ

    possidebit,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 68, 42
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    • 78, 12
      • :
    • 82, 11
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  • Of láme ic ðé leoðe gesette

    of loam I formed thee limbs,

    • Exon. 28 a
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    • Th. 84, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 1380: 33 a
      • ;
    • Th. 105, 12
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    • Gú. 22
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  • Ðú gesettest sunnan and mónan

    tu fecisti solem et lunam,

    • Ps. Th. 73, 16
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  • Ic ðé gesette manegra þeóda fæder

    a father of many nations have I made thee,

    • Gen. 17, 5
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 136, 23
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  • Ðæt tempel towearp æfter feówer hund geárum ðæs ðe hit gesett wæs

    he destroyed the temple four hundred years after it was built,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 68, 374
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  • Swá hwæt swá ic ðé gehét eal ic hit gesette

    whatsoever I have promised thee I will do it all,

    • Blickl. Homl. 147, 8
      • .

  • Seó tunge ðe swá monig hálwende word on ðæs scyppendes lof gesette

    illa lingua quæ tot salutaria verba in laudem conditoris composuerat,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 599, 11
      • :
    • Bt. 2
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 7
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  • Ða bóc ic gesette

    I composed the book,

    • Guthl. prol
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    • Gdwin. 2, 8
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 70, 7
      • :
    • Th. Apol. 28, 13
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  • Hiora birhto ne biþ to gesettanne wiþ ðære sunnan leóht

    their brightness is not to be compared with the sun's light,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 6, 13
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    • Met. 6, 7
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  • Ðæt ðis ǽfre gesett sprǽc wǽre

    that this should be a suit finally settled,

    • Th. Ch. 203, 4
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  • Ðone storm he gesette and gestilde

    tempestatem sedaverit,

    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 613, 8
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  • Ðæt he ðæt yrre gesette

    to allay their anger,

    • Ors. 4, 11
      • ;
    • Bos. 98, 2
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4062
      • ;
    • B. 2029
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  • Ða earman ceasterwaran wǽron to hungre gesette

    the miserable citizens were exposed to famine,

    • Bd. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 481, 28
      • .

  • Ðæt land sum hit is to gafole gesett

    some of the land is let,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 19, 12
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-settan.” 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/15985.

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