ᛋᛡᛏᛖ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From an earlier *ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛖ (*satide /⁠satidē⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *satidē, third-person singular past indicative of *satjaną.

Verb

ᛋᛡᛏᛖ (sᴀte /sattē/) (third-person singular past indicative) (Transitional Period)

  1. to set, place, put
    • 600s, inscription on the (now-lost) Gummarp stone
      ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ ¶ ᛋᛡᛏᛖ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡᚦᚱᛁᚨ ¶ ᚠᚠᚠ
      hAþuwolAfA ¶ sAte ¶ stAbAþria ¶ fff
      Haþuwolᵃfa sattē staβa þrīą: f[ē] f[ē] f[ē]
      [in memory of] Haþuwolfʀ, [N.] placed three letters: wealth, wealth, wealth

Attested forms

  • (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ (satido /⁠satidō⁠/) [c. 200–400]
  • (third-person singular past active indicative) — ᛋᛡᛏᛖ (sᴀte /⁠sattē⁠/) [c. 550–650]

Descendants

  • Old Norse: satti, setti (3rd singular past indicative of setja)
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