FromProto-West Germanic*tō seþlē gān. Cognate withOld Saxonte sedle gān,Old High German*zi sedale gān (Middle High Germanze sedele gān).
tōsetlegān
- (of the sun, and perhaps other heavenly bodies) toset
- The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Hwǣrgǣþ sēo sunne on ǣfentō setle?- Where does the sunset in the evening?
- c. 990,Wessex Gospels,Mark 1:32
Sōðlīċe þā hit wæs on ǣfen ġeworden, þā sunnetō setle ēode, hīe brōhton tō him ealle þā unhālan and þā þe wōde wǣron.- At dusk, as the sunwas setting, they brought him everyone who was unwell or insane.
- late 10th century,Ælfric,the Old English Hexateuch,Exodus 17:12
Þā Mōȳsēs handa wǣron wēriga, þā nāmon hīe ǣnne stān and leġdon under hine and hē sæt uppon þǣm stāne. Witodlīċe Aarōn and Ur underwreðedon Mōȳsēs handa on ǣġðre healfe, and hīe ne slacodon nān þing siþþan ǣr sunnetō setle ēode.- When Moses' hands grew weary, they took a stone and laid it under him, and he sat on the stone. Aaron and Ur supported Moses' hands on either side, and they never let up until the sunwent down.
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