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Set, conj. Also: sett, sed. [ME sett (Gower, once). Prob. f. imper. or p.p. form of Set v. in the sense ‘to put the case’, ‘to suppose (that)’. Cf. G. gesetzt = ‘on the assumption that’.] Though, although. Cf. Alset conj. Also const. set (th)at.Common chiefly in early verse.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxx 214.
Here … Is na weman of sic renon … As thu … Set thu of ȝeris be bot ȝyng a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 26, etc. ?1405 B.M. Cotton Vesp. MS F. VII. 86a.
I was commissare to my said lege lord, sett I be symple, in the tyme of takyng of the said trewys c1420 Wynt. viii 1980.
That he suld nevyr clame na rycht Scotland till have, set [W. albeid] he mycht c1420 Wynt. ii 1470, etc. c1420 Ratis R. 1713.
Set thai war wisare fere than he Suchuld his part ȝhit commendit be c1475 Wall. xi 1432.
Blaym nocht the buk, set I be wnperfyt a1500 Lanc. 625.
The king … Haith … arly gan … hyme for to sport … Set contrare was the sesone a1500 Lanc. 99, etc. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 113 (Asl.).
And set a kyng haue na correctioun On spirituale stait ȝit may his hie prudens In to the kirk caus reformacioun a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 42, etc. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 286 (Asl.).
Thus of childhed the tyme is sa mispent That set men wald thair losit lyf refound Ewill vsage makis sa gret impediment It will nocht be bot gif grace mar habound a1500 Colk. Sow iii 138. a1500 K. Hart 216.
We sall wrik ws on ane vther wys, Set we be few a1500 Quare Jel. 275.
And sett sche loke or speke vnto no ioy Ȝit euill he demith in his fantasy a1500 Quare Jel. (1976) 504.
Set hir corse be thine ȝit … Hir hert is gone 1513 Doug. i iv 104.
Thai answer nocht set thai oft pleyn and call 1513 Doug. i vi 118.
Gif I suld begyn … set thou myght attend, Or I maid end, Vesper … Suld … end the days lycht 1513 Doug. i Prol. 82, etc. a1570-86 Maitl. F. 172/114.
Ȝit trow nocht that thow sall de Set thair be nane bot thow and he(b) c1420 Wynt. vi 2405 (C).
Sed [R., W. Set] weddit, as thai said, was he, He deyt in wirgynyte(2) a1400 Leg. S. xxxv 131.
Coniurand thaim … That thai suld gyf hyre ocht but bred, & set at it lytil ware, & lytil vattir fare and clere c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1248 (C).
Sett [D. saif] at the victoures holely To Achilles reserued war, Yhit with hym certes I was thar 1513 Doug. Direct. 101.
And set that empty be my brayn and dull, I haue translait a volum wondirfull