sittan
Old English
Etymology
Etymology tree
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
- IPA(key): /ˈsit.tɑn/
Verb
sittan
- 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.
- to stay, remain
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...
- Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Conjugation
Conjugation of sittan (strong, class V)
| infinitive | sittan | sittenne |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |