asettan

Old English

Etymology

ā- +‎ settan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈset.tɑn/

Verb

āsettan

1. to set up, set out, place, lay down
   • Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric

     Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.

     These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.

2. appoint
   • Hē hæfde Grendle toġēanes seleweard āseted.

     He had set a guard for the hall against Grendel.

   • Þām prēoste þe hē of his circan āsette

     To the priest which he appointed from his church

3. propose, suggest

   Þū āsettest rǣdels.

   You proposed a riddle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of āsettan (weak class 1)

infinitive	āsettan	āsettenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āsette	āsette
second person singular	āsetst	āsettest
third person singular	āsett, āset	āsette
plural	āsettaþ	āsetton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āsette	āsette
plural	āsetten	āsetten
imperative
singular	āsete
plural	āsettaþ
participle	present	past
	āsettende	āseted, āsett, āset

Descendants

• Middle English: aset