ᛋᛡᛏᛖ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From an earlier *ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛖ (*satide /⁠satidē⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *satidē, third-person singular past indicative of *satjaną.

Verb

ᛋᛡᛏᛖ (sᴀte /sattē/) (third-person singular past indicative) (Transitional Period)

1. to set, place, put
   • 600s, inscription on the (now-lost) Gummarp stone

     ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ ¶ ᛋᛡᛏᛖ ¶ ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡᚦᚱᛁᚨ ¶ ᚠᚠᚠ
     hAþuwolAfA ¶ sAte ¶ stAbAþria ¶ fff

     Haþuwolᵃfa sattē staβa þrīą: f[ē] f[ē] f[ē]

     [in memory of] Haþuwolfʀ, [N.] placed three letters: wealth, wealth, wealth

Attested forms

• (first-person singular past active indicative) — ᛊᚨᛏᛁᛞᛟ (satido /⁠satidō⁠/) [3rd–5th c.]
• (third-person singular past active indicative) — ᛋᛡᛏᛖ (sᴀte /⁠sattē⁠/) [6rd–7th c.]

Descendants

• Old Norse: satti, setti (3rd singular past indicative of setja)