forsittan
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]forsittan
- to delay, defer, obstruct, besiege
- to mis-sit, be absent from, neglect
- (transitive) to lose by sitting, fail to go and do, stop up
- (intransitive) to remain unmoved
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of forsittan (strong class 5)
infinitive | forsittan | forsittenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | forsitte | forsæt |
second person singular | forsitst | forsǣte |
third person singular | forsitt, forsit | forsæt |
plural | forsittaþ | forsǣton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | forsitte | forsǣte |
plural | forsitten | forsǣten |
imperative | ||
singular | forsite | |
plural | forsittaþ | |
participle | present | past |
forsittende | forseten |
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: forsitten
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forsittan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.