"besittan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /beˈsit.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- + sittan. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*bisitjaną||to sit near, sit among or around}} Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), {{prefix|ang|be|sittan}} be- + sittan Head templates: {{ang-verb|besittan}} besittan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|besittan<s5>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], besittan [infinitive], besittenne [infinitive], besitte [first-person, present, singular], besæt [first-person, past, singular], besitst [present, second-person, singular], besǣte [past, second-person, singular], besitt [present, singular, third-person], besit [present, singular, third-person], besæt [past, singular, third-person], besittaþ [plural, present], besǣton [past, plural], besitte [present, singular], besǣte [past, singular], besitten [plural, present], besǣten [past, plural], besite [imperative, past, present, singular], besittaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], besittende [imperative, present], beseten [imperative, past]
  1. to sit near; sit about, surround, beset
    Sense id: en-besittan-ang-verb-tSkJR4yR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 91 4 4 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with be-: 83 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 4 4
  2. to besiege
    Sense id: en-besittan-ang-verb-kaOrnBJx
  3. to sit as the master of, hold, possess
    Sense id: en-besittan-ang-verb-QEnejbNc

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "besitten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: besitten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: besitten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "besit"
          },
          "expansion": "English: besit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: besit"
    }
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        "4": "",
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- + sittan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beseten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "besittan"
      },
      "expansion": "besittan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "besittan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to sit near; sit about, surround, beset"
      ],
      "id": "en-besittan-ang-verb-tSkJR4yR",
      "links": [
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "surround",
          "surround"
        ],
        [
          "beset",
          "beset"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÆfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to besiege"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "besiege",
          "besiege"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "to sit as the master of, hold, possess"
      ],
      "id": "en-besittan-ang-verb-QEnejbNc",
      "links": [
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beˈsit.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "besittan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms prefixed with be-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          },
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      },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "besitst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besitten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besittende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beseten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "besittan"
      },
      "expansion": "besittan",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "besittan<s5>"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to sit near; sit about, surround, beset"
      ],
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          "sit",
          "sit"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
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        {
          "english": "533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÆfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "to besiege"
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        "to sit as the master of, hold, possess"
      ],
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        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
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          "possess"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beˈsit.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "besittan"
}

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