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▪ I. † sete, n. Sc. Obs.
(Only pl. setis.)
[Of obscure origin; perhaps from OE. (Northumb.) pl. ᵹiseto ‘insidias’; OE. sǽt ‘ambush’ would also correspond in form and sense.]
A number of men posted to intercept or shoot game.
1375Barbour Bruce iii. 479 Thai..soucht schawys, and setis set; Bot thai gat litill for till ete. c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. i. 46 Þe kynge þan warnyt his menȝhe Withe hym at huntynge for to be;..Þan on þe morn..Þe setis [Wemyss MS. settis] and þe stabile set [etc.]. 1513Douglas æneis iv. iii. 58 Quhen that the rangis..Dynnis throw the gravis,..And setis sett the glen on euery side.
▪ II. † sete, a. Obs.
Also 4 seete, 5 sety (?).
[Related to sit v.; the precise formation is uncertain.]
1. Settled or easy in mind, content.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. xxx. 89 Withoute gold other eny tresor, he mai be sound ant sete. Ibid. xlii. 114 Whose loveth untrewe, his herte is selde seete.
2. Fitting, suitable; (of food or drink) wholesome.
13..Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXI. 108/109 Þis is þe ȝok,..Þat crist on his meyne wol ley, To Monnes soule hit is ful seete; Þerfore he seide, hit was ful sweete. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 889 Serued..Wyth sere sewes & sete, sesounde of þe best. c1440Pallad. on Husb. ii. 420 To this x pounde of hony swete And best: this wol be plesaunt drynke & sete. Ibid. iv. 457. 1467 Ordin. Worc. in Eng. Gilds (1870) 382 Ale conners..to se that the ale be good and sete. Ibid. 397 To se that all suche vytelle be able and sete for mannys body. Ibid. 425 That the ale be gode, able, and sety.
▪ III. sete
obs. form of city, seat, set, sit. |