besettan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ settan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈset.tɑn/

Verb

besettan

1. to set near, surround, beset; set about
2. to put one thing in another
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"

     Uton besettan urne hiht and ure gesælða on þæs Ælmihtigan Scyppendes foresceawunge, seðe ealle gesceafta on ðrim ðingum gesette, þæt is on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe.

     Let us set our hope and our happiness in the providence of the Almighty Creator, who hath placed all creatures in three things; that is in measure, and in number, and in weight.

Conjugation

Conjugation of besettan (weak class 1)

infinitive	besettan	besettenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	besette	besette
second person singular	besetst	besettest
third person singular	besett, beset	besette
plural	besettaþ	besetton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	besette	besette
plural	besetten	besetten
imperative
singular	besete
plural	besettaþ
participle	present	past
	besettende	beseted, besett, beset

Descendants

• Middle English: besetten
  • English: beset