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á-sittan

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to sit up
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  • Hé ácwicode and semninga upp ásæt (resedit).

    • Bd. 5, 12;
    • S. 627, 14: 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 640, 27.

  • Hé nǽfre ne mihte of his reste árísan ꝥ hé upp ásǽte.

      Gr. D. 281, 18.
to remain sitting; of a ship, to be aground
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  • Ðára óþerra scipu ásǽton; þá wurdon eác swíðe unéðelíce áseten, þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe þæs deópes ðe ðá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron, and þá óðru eall on óþre healfe,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • P. 90, 20-91, 4.
trans, with fit,
to reduce by siege
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  • Holofernus wolde hí út ásittan and hé heora wæterscipe mid weardmannum besette,

      Hml. A. 107, 171.
to be apprehensive, afraid (with gen, or clause)
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  • Wé ásittaðꝥ þá bóceras áscunion ꝥ wé þus rúmlíce sprecað,

      Angl. viii. 332, 34.

  • Wé ne þurfon þanon nénes hearmes ús ásittan,

      Cht. E. 230, 10.
Etymology
[
Goth. us-sitan to sit up.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/39032.

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