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a-settan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.
to set, put, place, appoint, lay, set up, erect, build, to set or take, to plant; ponere, statuere, constituere, instituere, collocare, deponere, desumere, plantare
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  • He asette his swíðran hand under Abrahames þeóh

    posuit manum sub femora Abraham,

    • Gen. 24, 9
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  • He hæfde Grendle togeánes seleweard aseted

    he had set a hall-ward against Grendel,

    • Beo. Th. 1338
      • ;
    • B. 667
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  • Eallunga ys seó æx to ðære treówa wurtrumum asett

    jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est,

    • Mt. Bos. 3, 10
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  • Héht ðá asettan líc on eorþan

    he then commanded to place the body upon the earth,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1750
      • ;
    • El. 877
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  • Ac heó hire ðǽr wíc asette

    ibique sibi mansionem instituit,

    • Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26
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    • Exon. l08 a ; Th. 411, 27
      • ;
    • Rä. 30, 6
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  • Hét ǽnne weall asettan

    he ordered a wall to be built,

    • Ors. 6, 15 ; Bos: 122, 34
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  • Hét hí eft asettan

    he bade her again be taken,

    • Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 14
      • ;
    • Jul. 231
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  • Ic on neorxna wonge niwe asette treów mid telgum

    I planted in paradise a new tree with branches,

    • Cd. 223; Th. 295, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 481
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síþ asettan
to make a journey; iter facere
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  • He in helle ceafl síþ asette

    he made his journey into the jaws of hell,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3404
      • ;
    • An. 1706
      • :
    • Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 26
      • ;
    • Rä. 10, 11
      • .
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v.  a-seted a-sette.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-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/2275.

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