Middle English Dictionary Entry
asetten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | asetten v. Sg. 3 azet; p. aset(te. |
| Etymology | OE āsettan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To put (in a place or position); (b) appoint or set (a date); impose or give (a name); (c) deck out.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)4/25 : He hæfde an fet to ðam anum iwroht..ant þa ȝyrdæ þeron asette.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)20/27 : Ða clypode dauid ant cwæð ðæt..he ðæs on morȝen heom on his wurtune asettæn wolde.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)135/30 : A man that is corupte..had leuer a-sette the in his estate thanne thu shuldeste correcte him.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)67.3/1 : Þa he hyre þanan naman on asette.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)115 : He scal hine ibidan on a-sette ridan [read: tidan].
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)140 : Hy hise agrayþeþ and azet mid alle hire ournemens.
2.
To beset or besiege [cp. bisetten].
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.55 : He was harde a sette [vr. asset] foure dayes wiþ Galles.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)3.33.115b : Rome was asset [StJ-C: i-sette; Hrl: asett] wiþ so meny myshappes.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.27 : If þat þay..Arayse an ost wiþ strengþe and vs assetteth [vr. bisetteth].
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.32 : And many a pore man..were a-sette be cursed couetise.
- 1483 Pilgr.Soul (Caxton:Cust)12 : Myn enemy so sore assettyth [Eg: assaileth] me.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.209 : It shuld nat agrevid To my herte taset [Arun: to aset] at any prys, Ȝow tachose..Som oþer to þis domynacioun.
Note: New spelling
Note: New sense: esteem? appraise?