Ge-sete

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sete

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-sete

pl. -setu, -seotu; n. A seat, habitation, house; sedes, domicilium, habitatio :-- Ofer eall beorht gesetu over all bright habitations, Exon. 117 b; Th. 452, 7; Dóm. 117: 121 b; Th. 466, 3; Hö. 115. Sun-beorht gesetu dwellings bright with the sun, 59 b; Th. 217, 10; Ph. 278: 62 a; Th. 228, 50; Ph. 436. On séllan gesetu to better dwellings, 51 a; Th. 178, 10; Gú. 1242. Ofer burga gesetu over the cities' dwellings, 26 a; Th. 76, 16; Cri. 1240. Geseotu, Cd. 227; Th. 302, 20; Sat. 602. Ða cynelícan burh porres and his cynelícan geseto ipsam urbem regiam pori domumque, Nar. 4, 20. To heora gesetum to their lairs, Blickl. Homl. 199, 7. [Cf. O. H. Ger. gesaze habitatio, sedes, domicilium: O. Sax. hóh-gisetu.] ge-sete

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ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛖᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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