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§55; §215; §254; §258; §272; §273; §298; §523; §524; §643;
add: to place in or out of a condition
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  • Man sette Stigant of his bisceopríce,

      Chr. 1043; P. 162, 26.

  • Ne sete þú him ðás dǽda tó synne

    ne statuas illis hoc peccatum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 34, 21.

  • On gewrit settan,

      Ll. Th. i. 58, 22.
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  • Fuglas heofnes ne settas ł sáwas

    volatilia caeli non serunt,

      Mt. L. 6, 26.

  • On længtene wíngeard settan, Angl. ix. 262, 8. III a.

    to people or garrison

    a place with :-- Hér drǽfde Eádgár cyng þá preóstas on Ceastre of Ealdan mynstre . . . and of Middetúne, and sette hý mid munecan, Chr. 964; P. 116, 3.
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  • Se cásere sette gebann, þæt wǽre on gewritum ásett eall ymbhwyrft,

      Hml. Th. i. 30, 1.

  • Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa,

      Cht. E. 274, 4.

  • Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . . Eác hé sætte be þám haran, ꝥ hí mósten freó faran,

      Chr. 1086; P. 221, 6-12.
dele Met. 1, 4,
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  • Hwelc cynig bið færende tó settanne gifeht

    (committere bellum)

    wið óðerne cynig,
      Lk. R. 14, 31.
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  • Hé sette Æþelgár abbod tó Níwan mynstre tó abbode,

      Chr. 964; P. 116, 3.

  • Þá hé bebyrged wæs hié settan him hyrdas tó,

      Bl. H. 177, 26.
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  • Hí úre béc setton swá swá hí geleornodon æt heora láreówe Críste,

      Hml. S. 16, 151.
to proceed in a specified direction, set out
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  • Ðá geáxedon ꝥ lið ꝥ on Sandwíc læg embe Godwines fare, setton þá æfter,

      Chr. 1052; P. 178, 29.

  • Setton súðweardes sigeþeóda twá,

      Met. 1, 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/58039.

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