sittan
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Wæs his þeáw ꝥ hé wolde sittan on þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost, Gr. D. 34, 9. Þ úhte unc ꝥ wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361.
sittan
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Geseah twegen englas sittan, ánne æt ðam heáf*-*don, óðerne æt ðam fótum, Jn. Skt. 20, 12. Sittan ofer ða eorþan, Mk. Skt. 8, 6. Sittan on scridwǽne, Bt. 27, 1 ; Fox 96, 1. Tó sittanne on míne swíðran healfe, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 23. Sittende, Lk.
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on-sittan
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III. III. add Ic wolde gecyrran tô þyllicre drohtnunga, ac ic onsitte ꝥ ic beó mînum fæder ungehŷrsum, Hml. S. 33, 75. Hê him æfter þæ̂m gefeohte swîðor onsæt þonne hê æ̂r dyde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 34
be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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to sit round, surround, beset, besiege; circumdare, cingere, obsidere Ða Læcedemonian besǽton ða burh Mæsiane tyn winter the Lacedæmonians surrounded the city of Messene for ten years, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 15. Se cyng lét [hí] besittan ðone castel the
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be-sittan
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Frs. bi-sitta to possess: O. Sax. bi-sittian to besiege: O. L. Ger. bi-sittian circumsedere, circumdare: O. H. Ger. pi-sizzen possidere.] Add
a-sittan
To dwell together ⬩ considere
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To dwell together; considere Secgas, mid sigecwén, aseten hæfdon, on Créca land the men had a dwelling together with the victorious queen, in the land of the Greeks, Elen. Kmbl. 1993; El. 998
eft-sittan
To sit again, reside ⬩ re-sĭdēre
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To sit again, reside; re-sĭdēre Ic eftsitte oððe ic uppsitte resĭdeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Som. 29, 6
fóre-sittan
To sit before or in front ⬩ to preside ⬩ præsĭdēre
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To sit before or in front, to preside; præsĭdēre Wæs fóresittende se Arcebiscop Þeodórus the Archbishop Theodore was presiding, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 25. Fóresittendum Theodóre præsĭdente Theodōro, 4, 17; S. 585, 24
for-sittan
To mis-sit ⬩ to be absent from ⬩ neglect ⬩ delay ⬩ defer ⬩ diminish ⬩ obstruct ⬩ besiege ⬩ abesse a ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ supersĕdēre ⬩ desĕrĕre ⬩ præstruĕre ⬩ obsĭdēre
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To mis-sit, to be absent from, neglect, delay, defer, diminish, obstruct, besiege; abesse a, neglĭgĕre, supersĕdēre, desĕrĕre, præstruĕre, obsĭdēre Be ðon ðe gemót forsitte of him who is absent from the council, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 25, 26. Be
betux-sittan
to insert, interpose, to set, put or bring in ⬩ interserere
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to insert, interpose, to set, put or bring in; interserere
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under-sittan
subsidere
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renders subsiderein Ic undersitte subsideo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Zup. 157, 5
of-sittan
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Add Wæs álýfed þám ealdum mannum þæt hí móston heora fýnd mid stranglicre mihte ofsittan, and mid wǽpne ácwellan, Hml. Th. i. 522, 15. <b>II a.</b> Cf. of-settan; 2 b Ðonne ðæt mód dæs fæstendan bið mid ðý irre ofseten dum mens abstinentium
ymb-sittan
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Se cásere embsæt þá burh útan mid herige. Bl. H. 79, 14. Add
ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from
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to sit upon, occupy, take possession of Ofer-séton obsederunt, Ps. Surt. 21, 13. Ofersétun sáwle mine occupaverunt animam meam, 58, 4. Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen
tó-sittan
To sit at a distance from one another, ⬩ to be placed apart
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To sit at a distance from one another, to be placed apart Ðæs landes is .XLIII. þeóda wíde tósetene for unwæstmbǽrnesse ðæs londes gentes sunt quadraginta duae, propter terrarum infoecundam diffusionem late oberrantes, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 14, 18
of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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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 Gif hé; (a king) his folc ofsit, ðon biþ hé tyrannus, Ælfc.
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ge-sittan
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Gesette, rather than gesæt, might be expected here, either in the sense 'ordained,' cf. ge-settan ; 2, or in the sense 'convened,' cf. ge-setl: but see sittan; ) þeodorius senoþ on Hǽþfelda, Chr. 680; P. 38, to occupy, take possession of, possess Gesittende
æt-sittan
To sit by ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ wait ⬩ adsidere
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To sit by, to remain, stay, wait; adsidere Ðá ætsǽton ða Centiscan ðǽr beæftan then the Kentish men remained there behind, Chr. 905; Th. 180, 31, col. 1
emb-sittan
To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre
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To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege; circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre Porsenna and Tarcuinius embsǽton Róme burh Porsenna and Tarquin surrounded Rome, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 11. He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had
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big-sittan
To sit by or near ⬩ adsidere
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To sit by or near; adsidere Se bisceop ðæt geseah ðe him bigsæt the bishop who sat by him saw it; quo viso pontifex qui adsidebat, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 22