besettan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną. Equivalent to be- + settan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈset.tɑn/
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.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
Conjugation
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