setten

English

Etymology

From Middle English setten.

Verb

setten

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) alternative past participle of set
    He has setten up shop.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

setten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せってん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *setten, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzetːən/

Verb

setten

  1. to set, to place

Inflection

Conjugation of setten (weak)
infinitive base form setten
genitive settens
dative settene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sette sette
2nd person singular sets, settes sets, settes
3rd person singular set, settet sette
1st person plural setten setten
2nd person plural set, settet set, settet
3rd person plural setten setten
imperative
singular set, sette
plural set, settet
present past
participle settende

Descendants

  • Dutch: zetten
    • Afrikaans: sit
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: sete
    • Negerhollands: set, sit
  • Limburgish: zètte

Further reading

  • setten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “setten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English settan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛtən/

Verb

setten

  1. To seat, cause to sit
  2. To be sitting, sit
  3. To put, lay, set, place
  4. To insert, place into, mount, install
  5. To apply, attach, join
  6. To erect, put up, build, construct
  7. To set up, use, activate, ready
  8. To heal (a wound; a bone)
  9. To plant, grow, seed
  10. To attack, strike
  11. To remove, pull down
  12. To bring, lead, guide, carry
  13. To provide, offer, serve
  14. To travel, journey, go
  15. To appraise, value
  16. To establish, prescribe, impose
  17. To chair, head
  18. To declare, write
  19. To appoint
  20. To cause, lead to

Conjugation

Conjugation of setten (weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive (to) setten, sette
present tense past tense
1st-person singular sette sette, satte, setted
2nd-person singular settest settest, sattest, settedest
3rd-person singular setteth sette, satte, setted
subjunctive singular sette
imperative singular
plural1 setten, sette setten, sette, satten, satte, setteden, settede
imperative plural setteth, sette
participles settynge, settende set, sat, setted, yset, ysat

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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