sittan
Old English
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From Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Frisian sitta (West Frisian sitte), Old High German sizzen (German sitzen), Old Saxon sittian, Dutch zitten, Old Norse sitja (Icelandic sitja, Faroese sita, Swedish sitta), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati), Old Armenian նիստ (nist, “sitting”), Old Irish saidid (Irish suigh), Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai), Latin sedeō, Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti) (Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ)).
Pronunciation
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editsittan
- to sit
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8[1]:
- Þonne iċ būgendre stefne styrme, stille on wīcum sittað hnīgende.
- When I shout with bending voice, the still men sit bowing in dwellings.
Conjugation
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infinitive | sittan | sittenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | sitte | sæt |
second person singular | sitst | sǣte |
third person singular | sitt, sit | sæt |
plural | sittaþ | sǣton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | sitte | sǣte |
plural | sitten | sǣten |
imperative | ||
singular | site | |
plural | sittaþ | |
participle | present | past |
sittende | (ġe)seten |
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