setten

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English

Etymology

From Middle English setten.

Verb

setten

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) alternative past participle of set
    He has setten up shop.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

setten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せってん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *setten, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Pronunciation

Verb

setten

  1. to set, to place

Inflection

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

  • Dutch: zetten
    • Afrikaans: sit
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: sete
    • Negerhollands: set, sit
  • Limburgish: zètte

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English settan.

Pronunciation

Verb

setten

  1. To seat, cause to sit
  2. To be sitting, sit
  3. To put, lay, set, place
  4. To insert, place into, mount, install
  5. To apply, attach, join
  6. To erect, put up, build, construct
  7. To set up, use, activate, ready
  8. To heal (a wound; a bone)
  9. To plant, grow, seed
  10. To attack, strike
  11. To remove, pull down
  12. To bring, lead, guide, carry
  13. To provide, offer, serve
  14. To travel, journey, go
  15. To appraise, value
  16. To establish, prescribe, impose
  17. To chair, head
  18. To declare, write
  19. To appoint
  20. To cause, lead to

Conjugation

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

References

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