† withˈset, v. Obs.
[OE. wiþsettan: see with- and set v.1]
1. trans. To resist, oppose, withstand. Also occas. const. inf.: To prevent from doing something.
| c 1000 Lambeth Ps. xvi[i]. 9 Ᵹescyld me fram ansyne arleasra þa þe me ᵹeswenctun vel wiðsettun. c 1000 in Assmann Ags. Hom. vii. 186 Ðonne sende he heom fultum ðurh sumne deman, ðe wiðsette heoræ feondum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 113 Deus superbis resistit..Drihten widset þan prudan. a 1330 Roland & V. 834 No hadde ben þe bacinet, Þat þe strok wiþ sett. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2921 Hauen to aryue þey hym wyþsette. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. i. 174 Myȝte we with eny wyt hus wil with-sette, We myȝte be lordes aloft. a 1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 215/394 Holi writt, Þat cleerli schewiþ þee goostli liȝt, How þou schuldist deedli synne with-sett. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4518 Generides and his feres to lete, And here entre to withsett. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 530/2 Wythe settyn', obsto, obsisto. c 1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 212 If thou with-sett the deuyl in his deede. |
2. To beset (a way, etc.) so as to prevent a person from passing. (In early use with dat. of person.)
| a 1300 Cursor M. 23727 Ded has vs wit-sett vr strete, Nil we, wil we, we sal mete. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 337 Als þei fro kirke cam, Þer way he þam withsette. 1375 Barbour Bruce xiv. 107 Twa of thame..With-set ane place in-till his way..With twa thousand of men. c 1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1921 Sir Ywayne sone with-set the yate, That the eril myght noght in tharate. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 10527 Thys .iii. confederat, Causen..a perillous mortal stryff To pylgrymes..Ther weyes, when they ha wyth-set. |
3. To seize in compensation for a debt, etc.
| 1445 Paston Lett. I. 58 He hathe suffrid the corne to ben with sette for viijs. of rentte..wich yowre fadre paide nevere. 1477 Ibid. III. 211 Mastras Clere hath sen down hyr men, and with set alle the stuff and wrekke. |
Hence † withˈsetting vbl. n.
| 1340 Ayenb. 39 Þe ualse yulemde þet..zecheþ wyþsetti[n]gges and respit uor to bynime oþren hare oȝen. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 530/2 Wythe settynge, obsistencia. |