Old English · verb

settan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈset.tɑn/
Syllables: ˈset · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: set establish

Meaning

to set, establish, place, make

rondas reġnhearde / wið þæs reċedes weal.

Sea-weary they set / their wide shields round and very strong / against the hall's wall.
Setton sǣmēþe / sīde sċyldas
to appoint

Sē rixode on ðām cynerīce ðrēo and sixtiġ gēara, and siððan sette his ǣnne sunu tō ealdormen, and ōðerne tō cyninge.

He ruled the kingdom for sixty-three years, and then appointed his first son prince, and his second king.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of settan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	sette	sette
2nd singular	setst	settest
3rd singular	sett set	sette
Plural	settaþ	setton
Subjunctive
Singular	sette	sette
Plural	setten	setten

Non-finite forms of settan
	Form
Infinitive	settan
Inflected infinitive	settenne
Imperative singular	sete
Imperative plural	settaþ
Present participle	settende
Past participle	seted ġeseted sett ġesett set ġeset

All forms (16)

sette
setst
settest
sett
set
settaþ
setton
setten
settan
settenne
sete
settende
seted
ġeseted
ġesett
ġeset

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sattjan. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon settian (Dutch zetten), Old High German sezzen (German setzen), Old Norse setja (Swedish sätta), Gothic (satjan). Compare Old English sittan.

Descendants

set

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