Participles
| Present | besittende |
| Past | beseten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | besitte |
| 2nd sing. | besitst |
| 3rd sing. | besitt; besit |
| 1st plur. | besittaþ |
| 2nd plur. | besittaþ |
| 3rd plur. | besittaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | besæt |
| 2nd sing. | besǣte |
| 3rd sing. | besæt |
| 1st plur. | besǣton |
| 2nd plur. | besǣton |
| 3rd plur. | besǣton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | besitte |
| 2nd sing. | besitte |
| 3rd sing. | besitte |
| 1st plur. | besitten |
| 2nd plur. | besitten |
| 3rd plur. | besitten |
Past
| 1st sing. | besǣte |
| 2nd sing. | besǣte |
| 3rd sing. | besǣte |
| 1st plur. | besǣten |
| 2nd plur. | besǣten |
| 3rd plur. | besǣten |
Imperative
| Singular | besite |
| Plural | besittaþ |
Verbs similar to 'besittan'
besettan,
gesittan,
asittan,
begietan,
bescitan,
besincan,
besingan,
besmitan,
bewitan,
bewitian,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- + sittan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bisitjaną'.
Verbs referencing "besittan"
English
besit.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg... (533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania.)
Cognates
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