† setnessn.¹

Forms: Also Middle English sett-, sæt-, sætt-, sete-, Middle English zet-.

Etymology: Old English setnes (also gesetnes ), < (ge)set, past participle of settan set v.¹ + -ness suffix.

Obsolete.

1. Constitution; establishment; imposition (of a law). law of setness: positive law as opposed to law of nature (‘kind’). Cf. set adj.¹ 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > [noun] > establishment of a law

setnessc950

society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > positive as opposed to natural

positive lawc1385

law of setnessa1400

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 35 Ic loccete deiglo from setnesse middangeardes [L. a constitutione mundi].

a1300 Cursor Mundi 29517 Þat cursing tald vn-laghful es Þat ordir wantes and right settnes o lagh.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1571 Þai left þe lede of oþer laue, þat es of setnes and of kind.

2. What is decreed or determined; a statute, ordinance.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute

doomc825

i-setnessec900

setnessc950

edict1297

statutec1300

purveyancea1325

assize1330

ordinancec1330

decreetc1374

constitutionc1380

decree?a1400

sizea1400

stablementc1400

edictionc1470

stablishment1473

ordinationc1499

estatutea1514

placarda1530

prescript1532

golden bull1537

rescript1545

institute1546

institution1551

constitutec1561

sanction1570

decretal1588

ordain1596

decretum1602

invention1639

scite1656

dispositive1677

bull1696

ordonnance1702

subnotation1839

senatus consultum1875

fatwa1989

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance

setnessc950

sandc1000

edict1297

statutec1300

proclamationa1325

justifyinga1382

rescritec1384

decree?a1400

thewsc1400

justification?a1475

ordinationc1499

dictamena1513

golden bull1537

dictate1604

process1604

dictament1615

dictation1651

fiata1750

diktat1941

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xv. 2 Ðegnas ðinne hia ofergæs vel oferhogas selenise vel setnesa [L. traditionem] ðara ældra.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16837 Godess laȝhe. & godess rihht. & hiss hallȝhe settnesse.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2125 Heo makeden ane sæt-nesse [c1300 Otho sehnesse] and mid aȝe heo semde.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 24958 Þis ilk abbot... A settnes set in his abbai.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 223 Huanne þe lost ne paseþ naȝt þe markes ne þe zetnesses of spoushod.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11292 Þai bar þe child..vn-to þe temple..For to do fore him þat dai, þe settenes of þe ald lai.

3. ? Fixed abode.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]

resteOE

worthineeOE

settlea900

wickc900

houseOE

erdinga1000

teld-stedec1000

wonningc1000

innOE

bewistc1200

setnessc1200

wanea1225

i-holda1250

wonec1275

wunselec1275

wonning-place1303

bigginga1325

wonning-stede1338

tabernaclea1340

siegec1374

dwelling-placec1380

lodgingc1380

seea1382

tabernaclea1382

habitationc1384

mansionc1385

arresta1400

bowerc1400

wonning-wanec1400

lengingc1420

tenementc1425

tentc1430

abiding placea1450

mansion place1473

domicile1477

lendingc1480

inhabitance1482

biding-place?1520

seat1535

abode1549

remainingc1550

soil1555

household1585

mansion-seata1586

residing1587

habitance1590

fixation1614

situation?1615

commoratorya1641

haft1785

location1795

fanea1839

inhabitancy1853

habitat1854

occupancy1864

nivas1914

downsetting1927

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 23 Chireche is cleped..kiriaca .i. dominicalis,..and is þerto nemned for þe heuenliche kinges lichame is to setnesse þarinne.

4. Appointed time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date

tidea900

stemOE

stevena1225

term?c1225

dayc1300

term dayc1300

stagea1325

hourc1380

setnessa1400

tryst1488

journeyc1500

big day1827

trysting day1842

a1400–50 Wars Alex. 5553 Sone so þe setnes was gane þat him-selfe made [L. Tempus..quod militibus suis predixit Alexander completum erat].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

setnessn.²

/ˈsɛtnɪs/

Etymology: < set adj.¹ + -ness suffix.

The quality, state, or character of being set, in various senses; also an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun]

stablenessa1300

tack1412

steadfastnessc1450

surenessc1450

stability1470

radicationa1500

constance1509

steadiness1530

certitudea1533

firmance1533

staidness1556

establishment1561

settledness1571

settling1582

state1597

groundedness1601

inviscerationa1631

setness1642

unmalleableness1644

fixedness1647

poise1649

inveteracy1716

well-foundedness1735

fixity1791

unmalleability1828

deep-rootedness1860

instatement1877

steady state1885

hard and fastness1897

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun]

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

ceremonialc1380

circumstancec1386

celebrityc1425

pomposity?a1475

solemness1530

state1599

fashionableness1608

ceremoniality1623

decorum1638

setness1642

formality1666

ceremonialnessa1680

formalness1684

gravity1689

solemn1706

ceremony1759

panjandrum1860

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun]

willOE

businessa1387

wilfulnessc1386

restc1400

point1477

appointmenta1535

firmitude?1541

resoluteness?1560

resolve1592

resolution1594

constancy1603

resolvance1603

resolvedness1611

intensiona1619

determinateness1652

decisiveness1714

determinedness1747

decision1770

decidedness1800

setness1818

determinativeness1821

determination1822

virtu1876

the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878

self-determination1890

adamancy1898

drivenness1902

adamance1925

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 187 Looking sometime more..at the setnesse of our sentences..then at Gods awfull presence.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 67 Don't you see by the Settness of some of these Letters..that it is the Hand of a Person bred in the Law-way.

1818 W. Hazlitt Eng. Poets (1869) viii. 195 There is in the chief character..a setness of purpose which John Kemble alone was capable of giving.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvi. 107 Her little peculiarities and setnesses, so unlike the careless freedom of southern manners.

1899 R. H. Charles Eschatol. xi. 380 There is a setness and rigidity in the teaching of the Apostle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	setness
释义	† setnessn.¹ Forms: Also Middle English sett-, sæt-, sætt-, sete-, Middle English zet-. Etymology: Old English setnes (also gesetnes ), < (ge)set, past participle of settan set v.¹ + -ness suffix. Obsolete. 1. Constitution; establishment; imposition (of a law). law of setness: positive law as opposed to law of nature (‘kind’). Cf. set adj.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > [noun] > establishment of a law setnessc950 society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > positive as opposed to natural positive lawc1385 law of setnessa1400 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 35 Ic loccete deiglo from setnesse middangeardes [L. a constitutione mundi]. a1300 Cursor Mundi 29517 Þat cursing tald vn-laghful es Þat ordir wantes and right settnes o lagh. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1571 Þai left þe lede of oþer laue, þat es of setnes and of kind. 2. What is decreed or determined; a statute, ordinance. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute doomc825 i-setnessec900 setnessc950 edict1297 statutec1300 purveyancea1325 assize1330 ordinancec1330 decreetc1374 constitutionc1380 decree?a1400 sizea1400 stablementc1400 edictionc1470 stablishment1473 ordinationc1499 estatutea1514 placarda1530 prescript1532 golden bull1537 rescript1545 institute1546 institution1551 constitutec1561 sanction1570 decretal1588 ordain1596 decretum1602 invention1639 scite1656 dispositive1677 bull1696 ordonnance1702 subnotation1839 senatus consultum1875 fatwa1989 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance setnessc950 sandc1000 edict1297 statutec1300 proclamationa1325 justifyinga1382 rescritec1384 decree?a1400 thewsc1400 justification?a1475 ordinationc1499 dictamena1513 golden bull1537 dictate1604 process1604 dictament1615 dictation1651 fiata1750 diktat1941 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xv. 2 Ðegnas ðinne hia ofergæs vel oferhogas selenise vel setnesa [L. traditionem] ðara ældra. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16837 Godess laȝhe. & godess rihht. & hiss hallȝhe settnesse. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2125 Heo makeden ane sæt-nesse [c1300 Otho sehnesse] and mid aȝe heo semde. a1300 Cursor Mundi 24958 Þis ilk abbot... A settnes set in his abbai. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 223 Huanne þe lost ne paseþ naȝt þe markes ne þe zetnesses of spoushod. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11292 Þai bar þe child..vn-to þe temple..For to do fore him þat dai, þe settenes of þe ald lai. 3. ? Fixed abode. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] resteOE worthineeOE settlea900 wickc900 houseOE erdinga1000 teld-stedec1000 wonningc1000 innOE bewistc1200 setnessc1200 wanea1225 i-holda1250 wonec1275 wunselec1275 wonning-place1303 bigginga1325 wonning-stede1338 tabernaclea1340 siegec1374 dwelling-placec1380 lodgingc1380 seea1382 tabernaclea1382 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 arresta1400 bowerc1400 wonning-wanec1400 lengingc1420 tenementc1425 tentc1430 abiding placea1450 mansion place1473 domicile1477 lendingc1480 inhabitance1482 biding-place?1520 seat1535 abode1549 remainingc1550 soil1555 household1585 mansion-seata1586 residing1587 habitance1590 fixation1614 situation?1615 commoratorya1641 haft1785 location1795 fanea1839 inhabitancy1853 habitat1854 occupancy1864 nivas1914 downsetting1927 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 23 Chireche is cleped..kiriaca .i. dominicalis,..and is þerto nemned for þe heuenliche kinges lichame is to setnesse þarinne. 4. Appointed time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date tidea900 stemOE stevena1225 term?c1225 dayc1300 term dayc1300 stagea1325 hourc1380 setnessa1400 tryst1488 journeyc1500 big day1827 trysting day1842 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 5553 Sone so þe setnes was gane þat him-selfe made [L. Tempus..quod militibus suis predixit Alexander completum erat]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). setnessn.² /ˈsɛtnɪs/ Etymology: < set adj.¹ + -ness suffix. The quality, state, or character of being set, in various senses; also an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] stablenessa1300 tack1412 steadfastnessc1450 surenessc1450 stability1470 radicationa1500 constance1509 steadiness1530 certitudea1533 firmance1533 staidness1556 establishment1561 settledness1571 settling1582 state1597 groundedness1601 inviscerationa1631 setness1642 unmalleableness1644 fixedness1647 poise1649 inveteracy1716 well-foundedness1735 fixity1791 unmalleability1828 deep-rootedness1860 instatement1877 steady state1885 hard and fastness1897 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 ceremonialc1380 circumstancec1386 celebrityc1425 pomposity?a1475 solemness1530 state1599 fashionableness1608 ceremoniality1623 decorum1638 setness1642 formality1666 ceremonialnessa1680 formalness1684 gravity1689 solemn1706 ceremony1759 panjandrum1860 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] willOE businessa1387 wilfulnessc1386 restc1400 point1477 appointmenta1535 firmitude?1541 resoluteness?1560 resolve1592 resolution1594 constancy1603 resolvance1603 resolvedness1611 intensiona1619 determinateness1652 decisiveness1714 determinedness1747 decision1770 decidedness1800 setness1818 determinativeness1821 determination1822 virtu1876 the courage of one's convictions or opinions1878 self-determination1890 adamancy1898 drivenness1902 adamance1925 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 187 Looking sometime more..at the setnesse of our sentences..then at Gods awfull presence. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 67 Don't you see by the Settness of some of these Letters..that it is the Hand of a Person bred in the Law-way. 1818 W. Hazlitt Eng. Poets (1869) viii. 195 There is in the chief character..a setness of purpose which John Kemble alone was capable of giving. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvi. 107 Her little peculiarities and setnesses, so unlike the careless freedom of southern manners. 1899 R. H. Charles Eschatol. xi. 380 There is a setness and rigidity in the teaching of the Apostle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹c950n.²1642
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