setl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

setl

1. ice

Old English

Alternative forms

• seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel, sætl

Etymology

From a merger of two nouns of similar meaning, which came to be pronounced the same in West Saxon because of a sound change whereby -þl and -þm became -tl and -tm in some words (cf. botl, botm):

• Proto-West Germanic *seþl
• Proto-West Germanic *setl, from Proto-Germanic *setlaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /setl/

Noun

setl n or m (West Saxon)

1. sitting, residence
2. seat, bench, throne
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCC.XCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þām papan his tungan forcurfon ⁊ his ēagan āstungon, ⁊ hine of his setle āflīemdon, ⁊ þā sōna eft, Gode fultomiendum, hē meahte ġesēon ⁊ sprēcan ⁊ eft was papa swā hē ǣr wæs.

     Year 797 In this year the Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo [III] and gouged out his eyes and drove him from his throne. And soon, through God's help, he was able to see and speak again, and became pope again just like he was.

3. setting (of sun etc.)

Declension

Neuter

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	setl	setlu
accusative	setl	setlu
genitive	setles	setla
dative	setle	setlum

Masculine

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	setl	setlas
accusative	setl	setlas
genitive	setles	setla
dative	setle	setlum

Derived terms

• cynesetl
• hringsetl
• setla
• setlan
• setlgang
• setlgangende
• setlung
• tō setle gān

Descendants

• Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)
  • English: settle, seld (with metathesis)