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for-settan

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Substitute:
to stop up, block, obstruct
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  • Dype ánne cláð and forsete þá næsðyrlu þǽr mid,

    • Lch. i. 180, 2
    • .
  • Hí tiledon ꝥ hí him ðone weg forsetton and fortýndon

    iter illi intercludere contendebant,

    • Bd. 3, 19
    • ;
    • Sch. 278, 9
    • .
  • Sume hí wurpon þá moldan úp and hió wǽron forsettende þǽra wætera rynas,

    • Shrn. 41, 4
    • .
  • Þone lǽcedóm þe þá forsettan þing ontýne and út teó,

    • Lch. ii. 212, 17
    • .
to press down, oppress, repress
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  • Seó sódfæstnes forseteþ heora sweoran and gebígeð þurh þá eádmódan men

    eorum cervicem veritas per humiles premit,

    • Gr. D. 197, 15
    • .
  • forsette

    (repressit)

    þá réðnisse þæs

    • Gotan, 165, 3
    • .
  • Þá hé þone witan forsette

    (premeret)

    mid þám úttran þýstrum his eágena,

    • 274, 25
    • .
  • Hit byð mid manigum swingum forseted

    flagellis premitur,

    • 258, 28
    • .
  • Ic eom forseted and forðryced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan

    squamis hujus draconis premor,

    • 325, 5
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. for-set.
M. H. Ger. ver-setzen.
]
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