set fire unto

English

Verb

set fire unto (third-person singular simple present sets fire unto, present participle setting fire unto, simple past and past participle set fire unto)

  1. (transitive, poetic) Archaic form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”).
    • 1883 [c. 977–1010], Ferdowsi, translated by Helen Zimmern, شاهنامه [Shahnameh, The Epic of Kings]‎[1], translation of original in Classical Persian:
      Then with his sword she cut off the tail of his steed and set fire unto the house of Sohrab, and she gave his gold and jewels unto the poor.
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