forsittan

Old English

Etymology

From for- +‎ sittan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈsit.tɑn/

Verb

forsittan

1. to delay, defer, obstruct, besiege
2. to mis-sit, be absent from, neglect
3. (transitive) to lose by sitting, fail to go and do, stop up
4. (intransitive) to remain unmoved

Conjugation

Conjugation of forsittan (strong class 5)

infinitive	forsittan	forsittenne
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

• Middle English: forsitten

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forsittan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.