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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną. Equivalent to be- + settan.
Pronunciation
Verb
besettan
- to set near, surround, beset; set about
- to put one thing in another
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
Uton besettan urne hiht and ure gesælða on þæs Ælmihtigan Scyppendes foresceawunge, seðe ealle gesceafta on ðrim ðingum gesette, þæt is on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe.- Let us set our hope and our happiness in the providence of the Almighty Creator, who hath placed all creatures in three things; that is in measure, and in number, and in weight.
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