setten
English
Etymology
From Middle English setten.
Verb
setten
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) alternative past participle of set
- He has setten up shop.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *setten, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzetːən/
Inflection
Weak | ||
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Infinitive | setten | |
3rd sg. past | — | |
3rd pl. past | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Infinitive | setten | |
In genitive | settens | |
In dative | settene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | sette | — |
2nd singular | sets, settes | — |
3rd singular | set, settet | — |
1st plural | setten | — |
2nd plural | set, settet | — |
3rd plural | setten | — |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | sette | — |
2nd singular | sets, settes | — |
3rd singular | sette | — |
1st plural | setten | — |
2nd plural | set, settet | — |
3rd plural | setten | — |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | set, sette | |
Plural | set, settet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | settende | — |
Descendants
Further reading
- “setten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “setten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English settan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛtən/
Verb
setten
- To seat, cause to sit
- To be sitting, sit
- To put, lay, set, place
- To insert, place into, mount, install
- To apply, attach, join
- To erect, put up, build, construct
- To set up, use, activate, ready
- To heal (a wound; a bone)
- To plant, grow, seed
- To attack, strike
- To remove, pull down
- To bring, lead, guide, carry
- To provide, offer, serve
- To travel, journey, go
- To appraise, value
- To establish, prescribe, impose
- To chair, head
- To declare, write
- To appoint
- To cause, lead to
Conjugation
Conjugation of setten (weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive | (to) setten, sette | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | sette | sette, satte, setted | |
2nd-person singular | settest, sest | settest, sattest, settedest | |
3rd-person singular | setteth, set | sette, satte, setted | |
subjunctive singular | sette | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | setten, sette | setten, sette, satten, satte, setteden, settede | |
imperative plural | setteth, sette | — | |
participles | settynge, settende | set, sat, setted, yset, ysat |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “setten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
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