sæt

sæt

See also: saet and sät

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/, [ˈsɛd̥]

Etymology 1

Derived from the verb sætte (“to set”).

Noun

sæt n (singular definite sættet, plural indefinite sæt)

1. set (a group or series of things belonging together)

   Han købte et sæt undertøj

   He bought a set of underwear

2. (sports) set (a series of games)
3. start (sudden movement)

   Hun vågnede med et sæt

   She woke with a start

Inflection

Declension of sæt

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sæt	sættet	sæt	sættene
genitive	sæts	sættets	sæts	sættenes

References

• “sæt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sæt

1. imperative of sætte

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Middle English

Noun

sæt

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of seed (“seed”)

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sātu, from Proto-Germanic *sētō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæːt/

Noun

sǣt f

1. ambush

Declension

Declension of sæt (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣt	sǣta, sǣte
accusative	sǣte	sǣta, sǣte
genitive	sǣte	sǣta
dative	sǣte	sǣtum

Related terms

• sǣtere
• sǣtian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sǣt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.