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set

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
set, es; n.
A seat.
of the sun, the place where the sun sets
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  • Miððý tó sete eode sunne

    cum occidisset sol,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 32
      • .

  • Gewát sunne tó sete glídan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2498
      • ;
    • An. 1250
      • :
    • 2610
      • ;
    • An. 1306
      • .

  • Tó sete sígeþ,

    • Menol. Fox 221
      • ;
    • Men. 112
      • .
Cf. set-gang, setl.
of men, a place where people remain, of an army, a camp, entrenchment, cf. to sit down before a place
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  • Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, óðre síþe ðá hié ǽrest tó londe cómon . . . óðre síþe ðá hié of ðǽm setum faran woldon

    (cf. Ða Deniscan sǽeton ðǽr behindan, 91, 1),
    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 90, 19-22
      • .
of animals, a place where animals are kept, a stall, fold, or where they feed, pastures
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  • Seotu

    bucitum

    (cf. hrýðra fald bucetum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 22),
    • Txts. 47, 339
      • .

  • Seto

    stabula,

    • 99, 1903
      • .

  • Siota,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 11
      • .
Etymology
[
'In sedibus quies imperturbata.' I þe sette is reste & eise bitocned, A. R. 358, 23.
Þat folc hafden alle igeten and arisen from heore seten, Laym. 30841.
O. H. Ger. sez sedes, suggestus
:
Icel. set the sitting-room, v. Cl. & Vig. Dict.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-set, -sete (read -set), ymb-set.
Linked entries
v.  seotu set-gang siota.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “set.” 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/27538.

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