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á-settan

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to set, put, move an object to a place
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  • Ðú on ásets

    conseres

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 948.

  • Heó hire fót ásétte,

      Gen. 8, 9.

  • Ásete on háte sunnan,

      Lch. ii. 352, 9.

  • Ásete;tte gé þone líchoman tó þǽre byrgenne,

      Bl. H. 147, 31.
intrans.
To move one's self, transport one's self:--
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  • Hý upp ásetton on ǽnne síþ ꝥ hý cóman tó Æþelingadene,

    • Chr. 1001
      • ;
    • P. 132, 3.

  • Hié ásettan him (hí,v. l.) on ánne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle,

    • 893
      • ;
    • P. 84, 3.

  • Matheum hé gedyde gangan tó þám eástdǽle mid his discipulum and ásetton on þá dúne þǽr se apostol wæs,

      St. A. 14, 14.
of building,
to set, place, build
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  • Ásétte hé þǽr Godes ciricean oþþe mynster getimbrede,

      Bl. H. 221, 4.

  • Wæs seó burh mid þý hreóde ásett and geworht

    oppidum ex his arundinibus erat edificatum

    ,
      Nar. 10, 14.

  • Neáh þǽre ceastre wæs ásett (-seted,v. l.) cyrce,

      Gr. D. 43, 29.

  • Ne ðá get ásette wéron

    necdum (mantes) con-stiterant

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      Kent. Gl. 266.
to put in, out of an office,
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  • Þám preóste þe hé of his circan ásette,

      Ll. Th. ii. 290, 13.

  • Hé ásette þá mihtigan of heora setle.

      Bl. H. 159, n.
to lay, impose punishment,
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  • Hé ꝥ wíte and ꝥ éce wræc ásette on þone aldor deófla,

      Bl. H. 83, 33.
to set, propose a riddle,
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  • Þú ásettest rǽdels,

      Ap. Th. 4, 22.
=on-settan
to oppress
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  • Of þám ásettum mannum (of þám mannum þe hí geswencton,v. l.),

      Gr. D. 71, 7.
Etymology
[
Goth. us-satjan
:
O. H. Ger. ar-sezzen.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/39025.

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