settian

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Verb

sėttian

  1. to set, to put
    • 9th c. Heliand, verse 60-64
      Erodes was an Hierusalem oƀer that Judeono folk gikoran te kuninge, sō ina thie kēser thārod, fon Rūmuburg rīki thiodan satta undar that gisīđi.
      Herodes was chosen as king in Jerusalem over the Jewish nation, so there the emperor, powerful ruler from Rome placed him among the servants.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: setten