besettan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną. Equivalent to be- +‎ settan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈset.tɑn/ === Verb === besettan to set near, surround, beset; set about to put one thing in another c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord" ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: besetten English: beset