besettan

Meaning

1. to set near, surround, beset; set about

2. to put one thing in another

   Uton besettan urne hiht and ure gesælða on þæs Ælmihtigan Scyppendes foresceawunge, seðe ealle gesceafta on ðrim ðingum gesette, þæt is on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe.

   Let us set our hope and our happiness in the providence of the Almighty Creator, who hath placed all creatures in three things; that is in measure, and in number, and in weight.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"

Conjugation