for-sittan
- verb [ strong ]
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Be ðon ðe gemót forsitte
of him who is absent from the council,
- L. Ath. i. 20 ;
- Th. i. 208, 25, 26.
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Be ðon ðe man fyrde forsitte
in case a man neglect the army,
- L. In. 51 ;
- Th. i. 134, 7, 8.
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Ne forsæt he ðý síðe
he delayed not the journey,
- Cd. 138 ;
- Th. 173, 10 ;
- Gen. 2859.
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Ne he tíd forsæt
he deferred not the time.
- Exon. 37 b ;
- Th. 122, 26 ;
- Gú. 311.
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Ðæt eágena bearhtm forsiteþ and forsworceþ
the twinkling of the eyes diminishes and darkens,
- Beo. Th. 3538 ;
- B. 1767.
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Hí hæfdon ðone weg forseten
they had blockaded the way,
- Ors. 4, 6 ;
- Bos. 84, 13.
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Fearras forsǽton me
tauri obsēdērunt me,
- Ps. Spl. 21, 11: Cd. 114 ;
- Th. 150, 10 ;
- Gen. 2489.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-sittan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11702.
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