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Anglo-Saxon

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fore-sittan

  • verb
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to preside at or over.
with dat. For first passage substitute
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  • Be þám sinoðe . . . æt Heortforda, þám wæs foresittende se arcebiscop

    (cui praesidebat archiepiscopus

    ),
    • Bd. 4, 5
    • ;
    • Sch. 371, 13
    • .
with acc.
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  • Þone sinoð foresæt sc̃e Leó,

    • Chr. 1050
    • ;
    • P. 170, 25
    • .
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