Middle English Dictionary Entry
set(te n.
Entry Info
| Forms | set(te n. Also (N) sēte. |
| Etymology | OF sete, var. of secte & ME set , p.ppl. of setten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sect(e n.
1.
(a) The body of adherents of a non-Christian religion; (b) a group of followers, party, faction; also, a group of people; (c) a collection of matching vessels.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.41 : After þe deþ of Machometus..þat sette haþ infecte..to þis tyme al Affrica and a greet deel of Spayne.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)3859 : This hethen kyng Sornogour..of chevalry beryth the flour Of alle the sette in hethen lay.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)272/18 : By machomet, it is tolde me of old that I, & many other of our sette and lawe, shall susteyne grete parels vpon the see.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)24092 : Quen sli sette did him me forlete Mi sun þat was sa selcuþe swete.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)379 : Haue ȝe non other man to moke, but euer me? Ȝe wolde haue me of yowr sett?
c
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30134 : I bequethe to Rauf Willughby..a covered salar of silver..a white pece covered with Annesley armes..also vj syngle peces of one seete.