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for-sittan

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to stop up
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  • Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge,

    • Lch. iii. 2, 20
      • .
to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty
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  • Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 38, 10
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  • Gif hwá burhbóte oþþe bricgbóte oþþe fyrdfare forsitte,

    • 410, 9
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  • Gif hwá hreám gehýre and hine forsitte,

    • 392, 17
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    • 236, 31
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    • 260, 5
      • :
    • 258, 14
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    • 284, 4
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intrans.
To remain unmoved
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  • Gif se útgang forsitte,

    • Lch. ii. 200, 2, 14
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  • Gif him se útgang forseten sié, oþþe gemígan ne mæge,

    • 260, 10
      • .

  • Gehnescige mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel,

    • 212, 16
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Etymology
[
Wah swa hit forsete þat þe king hete, Laym. 28518.
Ger. ver-sitzen.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/45946.

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