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be-settan

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to set, place,
with on,
to put one thing in another
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  • Ic on besette

    insero,

    • Ælf. Gr. Z. 166, 3
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  • God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman,

    • Hml. Th. i. 292, 31
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  • He him sawle on besett,

    • ii. 206, 25
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  • þá hé on his geleáffulra heortan beset,

    • 524, 12
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to place hope, reliance on, inflict persecution on
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  • Deófol Godes gecorenum éhtnysse on besett,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 200, 10
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  • besettað úrne hiht on eów,

    • i. 24, 2.
  • Hí heora hiht on þissum lífe besettað,

    • 172, 14
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  • Ealne módes hiht on God sylfne besette man,

    • Wlfst. 75, 5
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  • On besettan

    inpingere.

    • An. Ox. 4229
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withtó,
to apply
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  • Nylle gé heortan tó besettan

    (apponere),

    • Ps. L. 61, 11.
to surround:
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  • þ ǽt. líc læg mid mannum besett.

    • Hml. Th. ii. 346, 5
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  • His líc læg ealle þá niht inne beset,

    • 348, 19
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  • Wítum besette on helle,

    • Wlfst. 145, 31.
to besiege
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  • Gé beóð lange inne besette,

    • Deut. 28, 53
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to set with something inserted
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  • Hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum,

    • Hml. S. 32, 117
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  • Hié wǽron ymb eal útan mid eágum besett,

    • Past. 195, 19
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Etymology
[
Goth. bi-satjan
:
O. H. Ger. pi-sezzen.
]
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