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án-setla

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
An anchorite, a hermit
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  • jÞǽr eardode sum swíþe myccles mægnes wer, sé wæs ánsetla in wéstenne

    illic vir quidam solitarius magnae virtutis habitabat,

      Gr. D. 306, 1.
  • Þridde cyn muneca is ánsetlena (

    anachoritarum

    ) þe hié sylfe on syndrigum húsum belúcaþ . . . Feórþe cyn is þára þe hý under leásum híwe ánsetlan teliaþ . . . ne wyrþ nǽfre fulfremed sé þe on þus níwan anginne ánsetla beón wile . . . Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse þæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan,
      R. Ben. 134, 22 — 135, 18.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ein-sidilo anachoreta, heremita.]
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  • án-setla, n.