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settle1 †seat OE.; long wooden bench with a high back XVI. OE. setl, corr. to MLG., MDu. setel, OHG sezzal (G. sessel), Goth. sitls :- Gmc. *setlaz. *setlam, rel. to L. sella saddle :- *sedlā, f. *sed- SIT; see -LE1.

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