setja 1 (short stem) “set, place”

“set up, equip; assuage; found, establish; decree, prescribe; appoint; grant; load (with cargo); inlay; thrust; escape”

core vocabulary

transitive/impersonal transitive (acc)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek set 1pl vér setjum 1sg ek setja 1pl vér setim
2sg þú setr 2pl þér setið 2sg þú setir 2pl þér setið
3sg hon setr 3pl þau setja 3sg hon seti 3pl þau seti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek setta 1pl vér settum 1sg ek setta 1pl vér settim
2sg þú settir 2pl þér settuð 2sg þú settir 2pl þér settið
3sg hon setti 3pl þau settu 3sg hon setti 3pl þau setti
preterite infinitive settu
past participle f. sett m. settr n. sett
imperative 2sg set 1pl setjum 2pl setið
middle voice: setjask “sit down; settle down; set, go down”
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek setjumk 1pl vér setjumk 1sg ek setjumk 1pl vér setimk
2sg þú sezk 2pl þér setizk 2sg þú setisk 2pl þér setizk
3sg hon sezk 3pl þau setjask 3sg hon setisk 3pl þau setisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek settumk 1pl vér settumk 1sg ek settumk 1pl vér settimk
2sg þú settisk 2pl þér settuzk 2sg þú settisk 2pl þér settizk
3sg hon settisk 3pl þau settusk 3sg hon settisk 3pl þau settisk
past participle n. sezk
imperative 2sg sezk 1pl setjumk 2pl setizk

PG *satjaną, OE settan 1, ME setten, MnE set, Dutch zetten, German setzen. Causative of sitja V “sit.” Note the effects of front mutation in the preterite indicative, unusual for a short stem of this class.

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