Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

for-sittan

  • verb [ strong ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
for-sittan, he -siteþ; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten
To mis-sit, to be absent from, neglect, delay, defer, diminish, obstruct, besiege; abesse a, neglĭgĕre, supersĕdēre, desĕrĕre, præstruĕre, obsĭdēre
Show examples
  • Be ðon ðe gemót forsitte

    of him who is absent from the council,

    • L. Ath. i. 20
    • ;
    • Th. i. 208, 25, 26.
  • Be ðon ðe man fyrde forsitte

    in case a man neglect the army,

    • L. In. 51
    • ;
    • Th. i. 134, 7, 8.
  • Ne forsæt he ðý síðe

    he delayed not the journey,

    • Cd. 138
    • ;
    • Th. 173, 10
    • ;
    • Gen. 2859.
  • Ne he tíd forsæt

    he deferred not the time.

    • Exon. 37 b
    • ;
    • Th. 122, 26
    • ;
    • Gú. 311.
  • Ðæt eágena bearhtm forsiteþ and forsworceþ

    the twinkling of the eyes diminishes and darkens,

    • Beo. Th. 3538
    • ;
    • B. 1767.
  • Hí hæfdon ðone weg forseten

    they had blockaded the way,

    • Ors. 4, 6
    • ;
    • Bos. 84, 13.
  • Fearras forsǽton me

    tauri obsēdērunt me,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 11: Cd. 114
    • ;
    • Th. 150, 10
    • ;
    • Gen. 2489.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • for-sittan, v.