settan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈset.tɑn/

Verb

settan

  1. to set, establish, place, make
    Setton scyldas wið weall.
    They set their shields against the wall.
    (Beowulf)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: setten, cetten, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete; zetten, zete
    • English: set
    • Scots: sett, set
    • Yola: zet, set

Old Norse

Participle

settan

  1. strong masculine accusative singular of settr
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