setten
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English setten.
Verb edit
setten
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) alternative past participle of set
- He has setten up shop.
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
setten
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *setten, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
setten
Inflection edit
| Weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | setten | |
| 3rd sg. past | — | |
| 3rd pl. past | — | |
| Past participle | — | |
| Infinitive | setten | |
| In genitive | settens | |
| In dative | settene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | sette | — |
| 2nd singular | sets, settes | — |
| 3rd singular | set, settet | — |
| 1st plural | setten | — |
| 2nd plural | set, settet | — |
| 3rd plural | setten | — |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | sette | — |
| 2nd singular | sets, settes | — |
| 3rd singular | sette | — |
| 1st plural | setten | — |
| 2nd plural | set, settet | — |
| 3rd plural | setten | — |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | set, sette | |
| Plural | set, settet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | settende | — |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “setten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “setten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English settan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
setten
- To seat, cause to sit
- To be sitting, sit
- To put, lay, set, place
- To insert, place into, mount, install
- To apply, attach, join
- To erect, put up, build, construct
- To set up, use, activate, ready
- To heal (a wound; a bone)
- To plant, grow, seed
- To attack, strike
- To remove, pull down
- To bring, lead, guide, carry
- To provide, offer, serve
- To travel, journey, go
- To appraise, value
- To establish, prescribe, impose
- To chair, head
- To declare, write
- To appoint
- To cause, lead to
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of setten (weak in -te/-ed)
| infinitive | (to) setten, sette | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | sette | sette, satte, setted | |
| 2nd-person singular | settest, sest | settest, sattest, settedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | setteth, set | sette, satte, setted | |
| subjunctive singular | sette | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | setten, sette | setten, sette, satten, satte, setteden, settede | |
| imperative plural | setteth, sette | — | |
| participles | settynge, settende | set, sat, setted, yset, ysat | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “setten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.