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on-sittan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to occupy
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  • Ic onsitte

    insideo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26
      • ;
    • Som. 29, 6
      • .

  • Ðó þré acres ðe hé onsit,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 259, 20
      • .

  • Ðone hagan ðe hé sylf onsæt,

    • 39, 13
      • .

  • Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte,

    • Chart. Th. 173, 5
      • .

  • Onsite sǽnacan,

    • Exon. Th. 474, 7
      • ;
    • Bo. 26
      • .
to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person)
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  • For ðám heardum weorcum ðe him onsæt,

    • Ex. 6, 9
      • .

  • Gehreás ł onsæt egsa heora ofer hig

    incubuit timor eorum super eos,

    • Ps. Lamb. 104, 38
      • .

  • Hé álýseþ þearfan ðæt him se welega ne mæg wiht onsittan

    liberavit pauperem a potente,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 12
      • .
(with a different prefix, cf.
O. H. Ger. int-sizzen metuere
:
Goth. and-sitan to regard
)
to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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  • Nó ic mé onsitte

    non vereor,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 46
      • .

  • Ne ic mé herehlóþe helle þegna swíðe onsitte,

    • Exon. Th. 166, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 1043
      • .

  • Ðæt is ðæt án ðæs ic eallan dæg mé onsitte,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 730
      • .

  • Hí onsǽton and ondrédon ðæt wé heom grame beón woldon,

    • 23, 273
      • .

  • Godes him ondrédon hete, heofoncyninges níþ swíðe onsǽton,

    • Cd. Th. 48, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 769
      • .

  • Ðonne ðú ðé selfum swíðost onsitte,

    • Met. 5, 38
      • .

  • Ðú ðé láðra ne þearft hæleþa hildþræce onsittan,

    • Cd. Th. 130, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2157: Beo. Th. 1198
      • ;
    • B. 597: Exon. Th. 397, 22
      • ;
    • Rä. 16, 23
      • .

  • Hé wæs him onsittende ðæt hine sum man gecneówe,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 494
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-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/24746.

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