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of-sittan

  • verb [ strong ]
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§653;
to sit upon, press down by sitting
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  • Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst

    she (Grendel's mother) pressed down the hall-guest (Beowulf, who had fallen)

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      Beo. Th. 3094; B. 1545.

  • Nû sceal se ðe wile sittan æt Godes gereorde ðæt gærs ofsittan, ðæt is, ðæt hé sceal ða flǽsclícan lustas gewyldan,

      Homl. Th. i. 188, 26.
to sit upon, oppress
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  • Gif hé; (a king) his folc ofsit, ðon biþ hé

    tyrannus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 50, 20 ; Som. 51, 47 : Homl. Th. i. 242, 4.

  • Swongornes hí ofsit, and hí mid slǽwþe ofer-cymþ,

      Bt. 36, 6 ; Fox 180, 33.

  • Godes fýnd ðe ða earman ofsittaþ,

      Jud. Thw. 156, 5.

  • Ðú wilt cweþan ðæt ungemetfæstnes hí ofsitte,

      Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 2.

  • Ete ælþeódig folc ðíne tilinga and ðe mid bismore ofsittan

    sis calumnian sustinens,

      Deut. 28, 33.

  • Ofseten mid ðǽm ðístrum ðisses andweardan lífes

    praesentis vitae tenebris pressus,

      Past. II, I; 65, 7.

  • Ic eom mid earmlícre ofergiotolnesse ofseten,

      Shrn. 198, 21.

  • Ðæt mód sǽde ðæt hit wǽre ofseten (cf. ofþrycced, Fox 24, 14) mid ðæs láðes sâre,

      Bt. 8, tit.; Fox x. 19.
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)
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  • Ðæt sió oferflôwnes ðæra geþohta ne meahte ofsittan ðæs sacerdes heortan quatenus sacerdotale cor nequaquam cogitationes fluxae possideant, Past. 13, l; Swt. 77, II. Eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ

    quantum maria premunt,

      Bt. 18, I; Fox 62, 12.
to sit about, besiege
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  • Fearas mê ofsǽton (

    obsederunt

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      Ps. Th. 21, 10, 14.
to repress, check, present motion; cf. of-standan
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  • Ðus ðû scealt ða yfelan ofsetenan wǽtan ût âdôn

    thus shalt thou remove the evil, repressed humours,

      Lchdm. ii. 24, 7. v. preceding word.
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v.  of-setenness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-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/24357.

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