asettan

Meaning

1. to set up, set out, place, lay down

   Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.

   These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.

   Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric

2. appoint

   Hē hæfde Grendle toġēanes seleweard āseted.

   He had set a guard for the hall against Grendel.

3. propose, suggest

   Þū āsettest rǣdels.

   You proposed a riddle.

Conjugation