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Wright's OE grammar
§80; §219; §276; §277; §298; §319; §563;
Among the cpds. dele burhgeat-, and add.
2 a.
a seat that is the right of a member of an official society or body
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  • Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde setl and sundernote on cynges healle, Ll. Th. i. 190, 17. I a. add :-- Þǽr sǽton setla on dóme illic sederunt sedes in iudicio, Ps. L. 121, 5. I c.

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    :-- Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande,
      Ors. 1. 1; S. 24, 18.
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  • Án setl æt Sc̃e Martine (cf. unam

    sedem

    in loco qui dicitur Sc̃i Martini ecclesia et unam modicam uillulam at eandem sedem,
      137, 10), Cht. E. 139, 20.

  • Hí him bǽdon setles and eardungstówe on heora lande

    petierunt in ea sibi sedes et habitationem donare,

      Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 11, 6.

  • Him sylfum setl (seðel, v. l.) and eardungstówe geáhnian sibimet sedes uindicare, Sch. 12, 12. II a.

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    :-- Þæs apostolican seðles,
      Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 48, 1.
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  • Þá ðá hé tó gange cóm and hé gesæt, þá gewand him út eall his innewearde æt his setle,

      Hml. Th. i. 290, 20. v.
    ceáp-, fore-, gang-, heofon-, hring-, on-, toll-, winter-setl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “setl.” 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/58034.

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