n., v.
'reconciliation, peace'
(Modern English )Vbl. sb. formed in English on saʒtle (v.) + -ing.
PGmc Ancestor
*saxt- or *sanxt-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
sátt (n.) 'settlement, agreement, concord, peace', sætt (n.) 'reconciliation, agreement'; sætta 'to reconcile, make peace'
(ONP sátt (sb.), sǽtt (sb.); sǽtta (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far sætt, Icel sætt, Norw sætt; Icel sætta, ODan sætæ, OSw sätta
OE Cognate
seht, seaht (n.) 'settlement, agreement'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B1c
MED has citations from a variety of ME texts, predominantly N, starting with a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3), but nothing later than the 15c.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 490, 1795