settan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Saxon settian (Dutch zetten), Old High German sezzen (German setzen), Old Norse setja (Swedish sätta), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (satjan). Compare Old English sittan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.tɑn/

Verb

settan

1. to set, establish, place, make
   • Setton sǣmēþe / sīde sċyldas
     rondas reġnhearde / wið þæs reċedes weal.

     Sea-weary they set / their wide shields
     round and very strong / against the hall's wall.

     (Beowulf, line 325-6)

Conjugation

Conjugation of settan (weak class 1)

infinitive	settan	settenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sette	sette
second person singular	setst	settest
third person singular	sett, set	sette
plural	settaþ	setton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sette	sette
plural	setten	setten
imperative
singular	sete
plural	settaþ
participle	present	past
	settende	(ġe)seted, (ġe)sett, (ġe)set

Derived terms

• besettan
• foresettan
• forsettan
• insettan
• ofersettan
• ofsettan
• wiþsettan
• ymbsettan
• ġesettan

 

Descendants

• Middle English: setten, cetten, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete, zetten, zete (Kent)
  • English: set
  • Scots: sett, set
  • Yola: zet, set

Old Norse

Participle

settan

1. strong masculine accusative singular of settr