settan

wv/t1a ¹ 1. to set, make to sit, place, put, lay, cause to take a certain position; þá lét hé hine on hæft settan he had him put into prison; 1a. to set down, deposit, place, put; 2. figurative, to set to work, set before one a choice, set a mark, a name, one's mind, lay a charge, a curse, etc., upon one, put one in a position, put into one's power, etc., to place in or out of a condition; ic sette beforan éow bletsunga I set before you blessings; God him sette naman God set him a name; man sette Stigant of his biscopríce one placed Stigant from his bishopric; 2a. of traveling, compare lecgan and Ger zurücklegen; on weg setteþ wise gangas; 2b. to be situated; 2c. to lay in wait; 3. to set, plant, sow; hé léac sette he set vegetables; 3a. (ge\settan) to people or garrison a place with; hé sette híe mid munecan he garrisoned them with a monk; 4. to set, fix, implant; 5. to set, fix, appoint a limit, time, place; híe setton dæg tó þæt man tó þǽm lande scolde faran they appointed a day for going to the land; 6. to set a task, ordain, establish a law, regulation, appoint a condition; 7. to build, erect; 8. to set up, prepare, institute, found, establish, create, form, make, build; hé sette scóle he founded a school; 8a. of the operations of God; 9. to set, base, found; 10. ¹ to appoint an officer or a person to an office or duty, assign, ordain; 10a. to appoint something for a purpose; 11. to settle a quarrel, allay animosity, compose a difference; 12. wv/i1a to settle, abate, subside, sink; 13. to compose a book, etc., compile, write; ic þás bóc wrát and sette I wrote this book and composed it; 14. to proceed in a specified direction, set out, set off; þá setton þá æfter then they set out after; 15. to add; 16. to translate; \settan út issue, send forth, dismiss; \settan of displace, depose; síþ \settan travel, journey; \settan¹ wiþ, ongean compare; \settan tó gafole let land; [sittan];