Sehtan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sehtan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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.]