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SETLA -- SETTAN. 867
setle yldost, MS. B.) he had the chief seat, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 4. Sæt Agustinus on sotole, 2, 2 ; S. 503, 15. Hé hét him úte setl gewyrcean, 1, 25; S. 486, 38. Mé hé wið his sylfes sunu setl getæ-acute;hte, Beo. Th. 4031; B. 2013. Ofer setol super sellam, Kent. Gl. 304. Sotelas sella, Germ. 393, 143. Seó wlitignes heora ræsta and setla, Blickl. Homl. 99, 33. Hé his líchoman forwyrnde séftra setla and symbeldaga, Exon. Th. 111, 33; Gú. 136. On ðæm forþmestum seatlum (seotlum. Rush.) sitta in somnungum and ða forþmesto setla æt farmum in primis cathedris sedere in sinagogis et primos discubitos in cenis, Mt. Skt. Lind. 12, 39. Hé út áwearp ða setl ðara mynetera, Blickl. Homl. 71, 19. Hyra setlu (ceatlas, Lind.: settlas, Rush. cathedras) ðara ðe culfran sealdon hé tóbræc, Mt. Kmbl. 31, 12. Lufigaþ ðæt æ-acute;reste sætil (recubitos) æt éfengereordum and forþmestu setulas (seatlas, Lind. cathedras) on heora somnungum. Rush. 23, 6. Seotlas, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11. 15. Ða yldstan setl (seatlas, Lind. , Rush.), Lk. Skt. 20, 46. I a. an official seat of a king, judge, etc., a throne, judgment-seat:-- On swiðre sedles Godes, Rtl. 27, 33. Fore sedle before the throne, 47, 26. Ðú Scippend heofones ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 30. Setle solio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 13. Ðonne sitt hé ofer his mægen þrymme setl (seðel, Lind. : on sedle, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 31. Hit is swíðe gewunelíc ðætte dómeras & ríce menn on setelum sitten, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 21. Gé sittaþ ofer twelf setl (seatla tuelfa, Lind.: on sedlum twelfe, Rush.) démende, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 28. Ib. metaph. seat, place, position:-- Hé áwearp ða rícan of setle (sedle, Lind., Rush.), Lk. Skt. 1, 52. Se sit on wóles setle, se ðe yfel wyrcþ mid geþeahte, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 19-22 : Ps. Th. 1, 1. Ðú setst ús on ðæt setl dínes Sceoppendes, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 2. Ofer seatul (on setule, Rush.) Moyses, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 2. Him sylþ God his fæder Dauides setl (sedle, Lind.: seðel, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 1. 32. On sotelum sóðfæstra in cathedra seniorum, Ps. Th. 106, 31. I c. in reference to the heavenly bodies, tó setle gán, etc. (cf. Fr. le coucher do soleil, le soleil se couche) to set:-- Syððan sunne beó on setle after sunset. Lchdm. iii. 8, 19. Ðonne heó (the sun) tó setle gæ-acute;þ, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 27: Salm. Kmbl. 186, 6. Ðá ðá sunne eode tó setl cum occubuisset sol, Gen. 15, 17. Æ-acute;r sunne tó setle eode usque ad occasum solis, Ex. 17, 12. Ðá sunne tó setle eode cum occidisset sol, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. Sunne sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 17. Ðonne heó (the sun) on setl eode, Bt. 5, 23; S. 645, 26. Ðonne hió on setl glídeþ, Met. 28, 39. Se æ-acute;fenstiorra on setl glídeþ, 29, 27, 31. On setel. Salm. Kmbl. 202, 34. v. setl-gang. II. a seat, place where one abides, an abode, a residence, dwelling:-- Him wæs geseald setl on swegle ðæ-acute;r hé symle mót eardfæst wesan, blíðe bídan, Exon. Th. 149, 5 ; Gú. 757 : 125, 15; Gú. 354. Geswíc ðisses setles, 119, 3; Gú. 249. Ða stówe his seþles locum sedis illius solitariae. Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 36. Hé eft tó ðæm fæderlícan setle eode, Blickl. Homl. 115, 33 : 129, 12. Ðá næfde hé nán setl hwæ-acute;r hé sittan mihte, for ðan ðe nán heofon nolde hine áberan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 45 : Ps. Th. 88, 37 : Exon. Th. 116, 31; Gú. 215. On préstes setel (a hermitage ?), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 416, 29. Ða hálgan setl sceoldon weorþan gefylde mid ðære menniscan gecynde. Blickl. Homl. 121, 34: Cd. Th. 6, 10; Gen. 86. Gumena ríce, secga sitlu, Met. 9, 42. ¶ a stall for animals :-- On ðam (in the ark) ðú scealt gerýman rihte setl æ-acute;lcum eorþan tudre, Cd. Th. 79, 1; Gen. 1304. II a. as an ecclesiastical term, a see:-- Sanctus Gregorius ðæs Rómániscan setles bisceop, Lchdm. iii. 432, 24. Ðæs Apostolícan setles, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 23: 4, 1; S. 563, 23. Hér Rómáne ðone pápan of his setle áfliémde, Chr. 797; Erl. 58, 14, On setl biscopstóles in sedem pontificatus, 5, 23 ; S. 646, 32. II b. metaph. seat of a disorder, etc, , dwelling-place of non-material things :-- Ðý læs ingæ-acute; se fiónd in sávelo hiora & seðel habba ne mæ-acute;gi, Rtl. 117, 31. III. the part of the body on which one sits, the seat:-- Wið gicþan ðæs setles, Lchdm. i. 218, 10. Gif se uíc weorðe on mannes setle geseten, iii. 30, 16. Wríð under ðæt setl neoþan, i. 366, 17. Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle. Homl. As. 59, 201. IV. a sitting, the being in, or assuming, a sitting position; sessio :-- Hé frægn for hwon hé ána swá unrót on stáne wæccende sæ-acute;te . . . 'Ne tala ðú ðæt ic ne cunne ðone intingan ðínre unrótnesse and ðínre wacone and ánlépnesse ðínes seðles' ne me aestimes tuae moestiliae RUNE insomniorum RUNE solitariae sessionis causam nescire. Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 41 note. Ðú mín setl (sessionem) oncneówe and mínne æ-acute;rist æfter gecýðdest, Ps. Th. 138, 1. IV a. stay, residence:-- On ðæm setle ðe hé ðæ-acute;r sæt during the stay he made there, Chr. 922 ; Erl. 108, 22. IV b. as a military term, a siege :-- Him (the besiegers) ðæt setl (obsidio) swíðor derede ðonne ðám ðe ðæ-acute;rinne (in Veii) wæ-acute;ron, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 90, 24. Porsenna ðæt setl foilét Porsenna raised the siege, 2, 3; Swt. 68, 30. Ðá forlét hé ðæt setl ab obsidione discessit, 3, 11; Swt. 146, 20. [Heo isetten Iacob on Cristes selt, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 9. Adam set on the setle of unhele, ii. 59, 25 : Ps. 1. 1. Ich mai þe finde at þe rumhuse . . . þu sittest and singst behinde þe setle, O. and N. 594. Our loverd sal sitt. . . opon þe setil of his mageste, Pr. C. 6122. Goth. sitls; m. a seat, throne, nest: O. H. Ger. sez[z]al cathedra, sponda, solium, tribunal; sedal, sethal, sedhal sedes, thronus, triclinium, occasus (solis) : O. Frs. O. Sax. sedel.] v. án-, ancer-, ancor-, beór-, bisceop-, burhgeat-, cyne-, dóm-, éðel-, ge-, heáh-, hilde-, láreów-, medu-, páp-, scip-, sunder-, þrym-, út-, weard-, wræc-setl; beorg-seðel; set.
setla. v. án-, cot-, ge-, wésten-setla.
setlan; p. [e]de. I. trans. To settle, seat, put in a position of rest:-- Wæ-acute;glíðende setlaþ sæ-acute;mearas, and ðonne in ðæt églond up gewítaþ, Exon. Th. 361, 5 ; Wal. 15. II. intrans. To settle, take a position of rest, of the sun, to set. v. setlung and the Mid. E. forms, [Þart allderrmann þatt he&yogh;hesst wass Att tatt bridale settledd (GREEK), Orm. 15285. Til þe sunne wæs setled to reste, Will. 2452. Him thoughte a goshauk . . . Setlith on his beryng, Alis. 484.]
setl-gang, es; m. Setting of the heavenly bodies, generally of the sun, (1) marking time :-- Ðá bád se sacerd sunnan setlgonges, forðon sunnan trió ágefeþ ondsware æt ðæm upgonge & eft æt setlgonge, Nar. 27, 15-18. Sunne, setlgonges fús, Exon. Th. 174. 34; Gú. 1187. Æfter sunnan setlgonge, Chr. 773 ; Erl. 52, 24. Æ-acute;r sunnan setlgange, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 7. Æt sunnan setlgange, Blickl. Homl. 93, 16. Sunne hire setlgang healdeþ sol cognovit occasum suum. Ps. Th. 103, 18. Ðá se æþela glæ-acute;m setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. (2) marking place, the west:-- Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps. Th. 49, 2. [Ps. setl-gang. Cf. O. H. Ger. sedal-gang : O. Sax. gangan, sígan te sedle, werðan an sedle (of the sun), v; Grmm. D. M. 700, R. A. 817.] v. setl, I c, set-gang, and next word.
setl-gangende; adj. (ptcp. ) Setting:-- Setlgangendre sunnan occi-denti, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 27.
setl-hrægl, es; n. A covering for a seat:-- vii. setlhrægel, Chart. Th. 429, 28. v. set-hrægl.
setl-rád, e; f. Setting of the sun :-- Æfter sunnan setlráde, Cd. Th. 184, 19; Exod. 109. Cf. setl-gang.
setlung, e; f. I. a taking of a seat, a sitting down:-- Ðú understóde setlunge míne and æ-acute;riste míne tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam, Ps. Lamb. 138, 2. II. setting of the sun; occasus :-- Seó niht hæfþ seofon dæ-acute;las fram ðære sunnan settlunge (set-lunge, MS. P.), Lchdm. iii. 242, 26. Æfter sunnan setlunge, 266, 5. Fram sunnan uprine óþ setlunge, Ps. Spl. 112, 3. Setellung, 49, 2. v. setlan.
sétnere, sétnung. v. sæ-acute;tnere, sæ-acute;tnung.
setness, e; f. I. an ordinance, a regulation, an institution:-- Ðis is seó geræ-acute;dnes ðe Eádulf hæfþ gerád tó setnesse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 32. Gé forlæ-acute;taþ Godes bebod and healdaþ manna laga (setnesse, Lind.: setnisse, Rush. traditionem), Mk. Skt. 7, 8, 3, 13. Setnesa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 2. The word glosses also testimonium, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 11: testamentum, p. 2, 5. II. constitution, arrangement:-- From setnisse middangeardes a constitution mundi, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 34. [Heo makeden ane sætnesse . . . þe ælc cheorl eæt his sulche hæfde grið, Laym. 4258. Godess la&yogh;he & hiss hall&yogh;he settnesse þe&yogh;&yogh; didenn fallen dun, & hofenn affterr þe&yogh;&yogh;re wille settnessess, hu mann birrde Godess la&yogh;he foll&yogh;henu, Orm. 16836-43.] v. á-, fore-, ge-, in-, on-, wið-setness.
setnung. [Icel. setning.] v. frum-setnung.
settan; p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (generally transitive, but see XII). I. to set, place, put, cause to take a certain position:-- Ic sette mínne rénbogan on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13. Ic sette max on stówe gehæppre, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13. Hwæðer gé settan eówer nett on ða héhstan dúne, ðonne gé fiscian willaþ? Ic wát ðæt gé hit ðæ-acute;r ne settaþ. Hwæðer gé eówer net fit on ða sæ-acute; læ-acute;don, ðonne gé huntian willaþ? Ic wéne ðæt gé hí ðonne setton up on dúnum, Bt. 33, 3; Fox 118, 11-15. Ne hí ne æ-acute;laþ hyra leóhtfæt and hit under cýfe settaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 15. Heó (the fallen angels) God sette on ða sweartan helle, Cd. Th. 20, 20; Gen. 312. Hé sette his ða swíðran hand (cf. mid ða swíðran hand, 514, 21) him on ðæt heáfod, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 515, 19. Hí ðá nó ða studu úton tó ðam wáge tó fultume ne setton, ac hí heó on ða cyricean setton, 3, 17; S. 544, 37. Hié setton hié æt ðære byrgenne dura. Blickl. Homl. 155, 8. Ðá hé bebyrged wæs, hié settan him hyrdas tó, 177, 26. Setton scyldas wið weal they set their shields against the wall, Beo. Th. 655 ; B. 325. Sete ðín hand under mín þeóh, Gen. 24, 2: 48, 18. Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hé hit nó settan up on ðone héhstan cnol (must not take the top of a hill as a site for his house) . . . and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian, ne sette hé hit on sondbeorhas. Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 7-11. Ðá lét hé hine on hæft settan he had him put into prison, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, note 3. Hé gearwe hæfde reliquias in tó settenne, Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 37. I a. to set down:-- Ðá hét se apostol ða bæ-acute;re settan, Homl. Th. i. 60, 16. II. 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. :-- Ic sette beforan eów bletsunga and wirignissa, Deut. 11. 26. Ic hine wergþo on míne sette. Cd. Th. 105, 20; Gen. 1756. Swá hit mé sealde se ðe ic hit nú on hande sette, L. O. 3; Th. i. 180, 4. Ðú setst (settes, Cott. MSS.) ús on ðæt setl ðínes Sceoppendes, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 2. Swá hwæt swá ðú mé on settest and bebeódest tó dónne, Bd. 4, 25; S.