Participles
| Present | besettende |
| Past | beseted; besett; beset |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | besette |
| 2nd sing. | besetst |
| 3rd sing. | besett; beset |
| 1st plur. | besettaþ |
| 2nd plur. | besettaþ |
| 3rd plur. | besettaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | besette |
| 2nd sing. | besettest |
| 3rd sing. | besette |
| 1st plur. | besetton |
| 2nd plur. | besetton |
| 3rd plur. | besetton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | besette |
| 2nd sing. | besette |
| 3rd sing. | besette |
| 1st plur. | besetten |
| 2nd plur. | besetten |
| 3rd plur. | besetten |
Past
| 1st sing. | besette |
| 2nd sing. | besette |
| 3rd sing. | besette |
| 1st plur. | besetten |
| 2nd plur. | besetten |
| 3rd plur. | besetten |
Imperative
| Singular | besete |
| Plural | besettaþ |
Verbs similar to 'besettan'
besittan,
gesettan,
asettan,
begeotan,
bemetan,
beneotan,
bescitan,
besecgan,
besellan,
besendan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną. Equivalent to be- + settan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bisatjaną'.
Verbs referencing "besettan"
English
beset.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
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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.)
Cognates
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