Bi-settan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bi-settan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: be-settan. bi-settan

Definitions

1 bi-settan

p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett To set, beset, surround; inserere, circumdare :-- Ðonne gim in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ when a gem has been set in a golden vessel by the artifice of smiths, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 9; Ph. 304. Mid wyrtum se wilda fugel his nest biseteþ útan the wild bird surrounds its nest without with herbs, 63 b; Th. 233, 26; Ph. 530.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁ-ᛋᛖᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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