and on mere
staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603.
staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603.
Beowulf
þǣr swið-ferhðe sittan ēodon
(_whither the strong-minded went and sat_), 493; ēode . . . tō hire frēan
sittan (_went to sit by her lord_), 642; pret. sg. on wicge sæt (_sat on
the horse_), 286; æt fōtum sæt (_sat at the feet_), 500, 1167; þǣr Hrōðgār
sæt (_where H. sat_), 356; so, 1191, 2895; hē gewērgad sæt . . . frēan eaxlum
nēah, 2854; pret. pl. sǣton, 1165; gistas sētan (MS. sēcan) . . .
and on mere
staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603. --2) _to be in a
certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret. sg. mǣre þēoden . . .
unblīðe sæt, 130. --Comp. : flet-, heal-sittend.
be-sittan, obsidere, _to surround, besiege_, w. acc. : besæt þā sin-herge
sweorda lāfe wundum wērge (_then besieged he with a host the leavings of
the sword, wound-weary_), 2937.
for-sittan, obstrui, _to pass away, fail_: pres. sg. ēagena bearhtm
for-siteð (_the light of the eyes passeth away_), 1768.
ge-sittan: 1) _to sit, sit together_: pret.
(_whither the strong-minded went and sat_), 493; ēode . . . tō hire frēan
sittan (_went to sit by her lord_), 642; pret. sg. on wicge sæt (_sat on
the horse_), 286; æt fōtum sæt (_sat at the feet_), 500, 1167; þǣr Hrōðgār
sæt (_where H. sat_), 356; so, 1191, 2895; hē gewērgad sæt . . . frēan eaxlum
nēah, 2854; pret. pl. sǣton, 1165; gistas sētan (MS. sēcan) . . .
and on mere
staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603. --2) _to be in a
certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret. sg. mǣre þēoden . . .
unblīðe sæt, 130. --Comp. : flet-, heal-sittend.
be-sittan, obsidere, _to surround, besiege_, w. acc. : besæt þā sin-herge
sweorda lāfe wundum wērge (_then besieged he with a host the leavings of
the sword, wound-weary_), 2937.
for-sittan, obstrui, _to pass away, fail_: pres. sg. ēagena bearhtm
for-siteð (_the light of the eyes passeth away_), 1768.
ge-sittan: 1) _to sit, sit together_: pret.
