settan

Old English

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 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan). Compare Old English sittan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈset.tɑn/

Verb

settan

  1. to set, establish, place, make
    • Setton sǣmēþe / sīde sċyldas
      rondas reġnhearde / wið þæs reċedes weal.
      Sea-weary they set / their wide shields
      round and very strong / against the hall's wall.
      (Beowulf, line 325-6)
  2. to appoint
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of settan (weak, class 1)
infinitive settan settenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sette sette
second person singular setst settest
third person singular sett, set sette
plural settaþ setton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sette sette
plural setten setten
imperative
singular sete
plural settaþ
participle present past
settende (ġe)seted, (ġe)sett, (ġe)set

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: setten, cetten, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete, zetten, zete (Kent)
    • English: set
    • Scots: sett, set
    • Yola: zet, set

Old Norse

Participle

settan

  1. strong masculine accusative singular of settr
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