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Old English · suffix

-sæta

Normalised -sǣta

Part of speech
suffix, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˌsæː.tɑ/
Syllables
ˌsæː · tɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
-setcossetplacenamesresidentusually

Meaning

  1. a resident or inhabitant of (usually used with placenames)

    burgsǣta

    city-dweller, citizens

Declension

Declension of -sæta
SingularPlural
Nominative -sǣta-sǣtan-sǣte
Accusative -sǣtan-sǣtan-sǣte
Genitive -sǣtan-sǣtena
Dative -sǣtan-sǣtum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From *sǣta (“inhabitant, dweller”). Akin to Old Saxon -sētio, Old High German -sāzo (German -saß), Old English sittan (“to sit”).

Descendants

-set, cosset

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