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Sett vs Aett - What's the difference?

sett | aett |

As nouns the difference between sett and aett

is that sett is the system of tunnels that is the home of a badger while aett is a division of the runic alphabet.

As a verb sett

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

sett

English

(wikipedia sett)

Alternative forms

* set

Noun

(en noun)
  • The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
  • The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
  • A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
  • * 1911 , Encyclopædia Britannica ,
    • Very durable grey granite has been quarried near Aberdeen for more than 300 years, and blocked and dressed paving "setts ," kerb and building stones, and monumental and other ornamental work of granite have long been exported from the district to all parts of the world.
  • * 1912 , Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record ,
    • Three horses trotted abreast, with the clatter of hoofs on the granite setts , and the yellow, uproarious machine jolted violently behind them, [...]
  • * 1920 , D.H.Lawrence, Women in Love ,
    • The old market-square was not very large, a mere bare patch of granite setts , usually with a few fruit-stalls under a wall.
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    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    aett

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (paganism) A division of the runic alphabet.

    • References

    * 1984 Fortune -Telling By Runes, David & Julia Line, The Aquarian Press, ISBN 0-85030-367-2 page 15. *: Known as aettir , these basic divisions were sometimes named after Norse deities: Freya's eight, Hagal's eight and Tiu's eight. * 1993 The Elements of The Runes, Bernard King, Element, ISBN 1-85230-420-0, page 110. *: When we examined runic divination, we related, in passing, the phases of the moon to the three ættir of the Common Germanic Futhark. * 1998 The Norse Tradition a beginners guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, ISBN 0 340 72082 4, page 36.'' *: The runic futhark is usually divided into three aetts .

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