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

    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

    Old Norse

    Participle

    settan

    1. strong masculine accusative singular of settr
    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/settan