Pacience and I Were put to be macches, And seten bi oureselve At the side borde.
And thanne seten somme, And songen atte nale, And holpen ere this half acre With "How, trolly lolly.
It appears to be the same word which occurs in the alliterative poem on the Deposition of Richard II, p.
In derknes and orrible and strong prisoun This seven yeer hath seten Palamon, For-pyned, what for woo and for destresse.
Now mot ich soutere hys sone Seten to schole, And ich a beggeres brol On the book lerne.
And byneth them at the same tableseten the Bouchers of the Chancery.
And [th]anne seten somme and songen atte nale, And hulpen erie his half-acre with 'how!
In him com ur Lord gon, as is postles setenat mete: 'Wou sitte ye, postles, ant wi nule ye ete?
Thei setenalle stille and herde, And tho spak every man aboute: Ther was alegged many a doute, And many a proud word spoke also; Bot for the moste part as tho Thei wisten noght what was the beste, Or forto werre or forto reste.
Thei seten alle stille and herde, Was non which to the point ansuerde, For to what pourpos that it mente Ther was noman knew his entente, Bot only he which schop the guile.
For thogh the pope had seten hem biside, 420 I wolde nat spare hem at hir owene bord.
In derknesse and horrible and strong prisoun This seven yeer hathseten Palamoun, Forpyned, what for wo and for distresse; Who feleth double soor and hevinesse But Palamon?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "seten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
