setl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

setl

  1. ice

Old English

Alternative forms

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):

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /setl/

    Noun

    setl n or m (West Saxon)

    1. sitting, residence
    2. seat, bench, throne
      • variously c. 893 – 12th century CE, entry for year 797, in Benjamin Thorpe, ed. and transl., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, According to the Several Original Authorities, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, published 1861, page 103:
        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

    Descendants

    • Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)
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