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bi-settan

  • verb [ weak ]
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bi-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett
To set, beset, surround; inserere, circumdare
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  • Ðonne gim in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ

    when a gem has been set in a golden vessel by the artifice of smiths,

      Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 9; Ph. 304.
  • Mid wyrtum se wilda fugel his nest biseteþ útan

    the wild bird surrounds its nest without with herbs,

    63 b;
      Th. 233, 26; Ph. 530.
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