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set

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
set, es; n.
A seat.
of the sun,
the place where the sun sets
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  • Miððý tó sete eode sunne

    cum occidisset sol,

      Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 32.
  • Gewát sunne tó sete glídan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2498 ; An. 1250 : 2610 ; An. 1306.
  • Tó sete sígeþ,

      Menol. Fox 221; Men. 112.
  • Cf. set-gang, setl.
of men, a place where people remain, of an army, a camp, entrenchment, cf. to
sit down before a place
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  • Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, óðre síþe ðá hié ǽrest tó londe cómon . . . óðre síþe ðá hié of ðǽm setum faran woldon (cf. Ða Deniscan sǽeton ðǽr behindan,

      91, 1), Chr. 894 ; Erl. 90, 19-22.
of animals, a place where animals are kept, a stall, fold, or
where they feed, pastures
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  • -Seotu bucitum (cf. hrýðra fald

    bucetum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 22), Txts. 47, 339.
  • Seto

    stabula,

      99, 1903.
  • Siota,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 11.
Etymology
['In sedibus quies imperturbata.' I þe sette is reste & eise bitocned, A. R. 358, 23. Þat folc hafden alle igeten and arisen from heore seten, Laym. 30841. O. H. Ger. sez sedes, suggestus: Icel. set the sitting-room, v. Cl.& Vig. Dict.]
Similar entries
v. ge-set, -sete (read -set), ymb-set.
Linked entries
v.  seotu set-gang siota.
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