setl

setl

1. ice

• seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel, sætl

From a merger of two nouns of similar meaning, which came to be pronounced the same in West Saxon because of a sound change whereby -þl and -þm became -tl and -tm in some words (cf. botl, botm):

• Proto-West Germanic *seþl
• Proto-West Germanic *setl, from Proto-Germanic *setlaz.

• IPA^(key): /setl/

setl n or m (West Saxon)

1. sitting, residence
2. seat, bench, throne
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCC.XCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þām papan his tungan forcurfon ⁊ his ēagan āstungon, ⁊ hine of his setle āflīemdon, ⁊ þā sōna eft, Gode fultomiendum, hē meahte ġesēon ⁊ sprēcan ⁊ eft was papa swā hē ǣr wæs.

     Year 797 In this year the Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo [III] and gouged out his eyes and drove him from his throne. And soon, through God's help, he was able to see and speak again, and became pope again just like he was.

3. setting (of sun etc.)

Neuter

Strong a-stem:

Masculine

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)
  • English: settle, seld (with metathesis)