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for-settan

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Substitute:
to stop up, block, obstruct
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  • Dype ánne cláð and forsete þá næsðyrlu þǽr mid,

    • Lch. i. 180, 2
      • .

  • Hí tiledon ꝥ hí him ðone weg forsetton and fortýndon

    iter illi intercludere contendebant,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • Sch. 278, 9
      • .

  • Sume hí wurpon þá moldan úp and hió wǽron forsettende þǽra wætera rynas,

    • Shrn. 41, 4
      • .

  • Þone lǽcedóm þe þá forsettan þing ontýne and út teó,

    • Lch. ii. 212, 17
      • .
to press down, oppress, repress
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  • Seó sódfæstnes forseteþ heora sweoran and gebígeð þurh þá eádmódan men

    eorum cervicem veritas per humiles premit,

    • Gr. D. 197, 15
      • .

  • Hé forsette

    (repressit)

    þá réðnisse þæs

    • Gotan, 165, 3
      • .

  • Þá hé þone witan forsette

    (premeret)

    mid þám úttran þýstrum his eágena,

    • 274, 25
      • .

  • Hit byð mid manigum swingum forseted

    flagellis premitur,

    • 258, 28
      • .

  • Ic eom forseted and forðryced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan

    squamis hujus draconis premor,

    • 325, 5
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. for-set.
M. H. Ger. ver-setzen.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/45937.

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