Sehtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sehtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-sehtian. sehtan

Definitions

1 sehtan

p. te To bring about agreement between people, to settle a dispute :--Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ ðæt hé eall cristen folc sibbie and sehte mid rihtre lage, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 12 : Wulfst. 266, 17. Ðæt wé habban ús gemǽne sibbe and sóme, and ǽlce sace sehtan, 272, 23. Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 14. [A porueance . . . thut lond uor to seyte, R. Glouc. 533, 15. We schul saughte sone (cf. we schulle ben at oon, 156), Chauc. Tale of Gamelyn, 150. Ȝe schulle sauȝte (agree), Piers P. A-Text, MS. T. 4, 2. Icel, sætta to bring about agreement.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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