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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English sonne set, from [[sun]] and [[set]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) perhaps a shortening of sun-setting, or taken from a subjunctive clause such as before the sun set.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) Old English had sunnansetlgang for sunset, while its sunset meant west.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|sonne]] set, from [[sun]] and [[set]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) perhaps a shortening of sun-setting, or taken from a subjunctive clause such as before the sun set.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) Old English had sunnansetlgang for sunset, while its sunset meant west.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==