Participles
| Present | sittende |
| Past | (ġe)seten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sitte |
| 2nd sing. | sitst |
| 3rd sing. | sitt; sit |
| 1st plur. | sittaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sittaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sittaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sæt |
| 2nd sing. | sǣte |
| 3rd sing. | sæt |
| 1st plur. | sǣton |
| 2nd plur. | sǣton |
| 3rd plur. | sǣton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sitte |
| 2nd sing. | sitte |
| 3rd sing. | sitte |
| 1st plur. | sitten |
| 2nd plur. | sitten |
| 3rd plur. | sitten |
Past
| 1st sing. | sǣte |
| 2nd sing. | sǣte |
| 3rd sing. | sǣte |
| 1st plur. | sǣten |
| 2nd plur. | sǣten |
| 3rd plur. | sǣten |
Imperative
| Singular | site |
| Plural | sittaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'sittan'
sittan,
Verbs similar to 'sittan'
asittan,
settan,
siftan,
spittan,
asettan,
besittan,
bitan,
dihtan,
dyttan,
ettan,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sed-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
4. Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
5. Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
6. Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
7. Old English sittan
8. From Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti.
9. Cognates
10. 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)). See: Proto-Germanic '
*sitjaną', Proto-Indo-European '
*sédyeti', German, old spelling '
sitzen', Old Saxon '
sittian', Dutch '
zitten', Icelandic '
sitja', Faroese '
sita', Swedish '
sitta', Sanskrit '
सीदति', Old Irish '
saidid', Irish '
suigh', Latin '
sedeō', Old Church Slavonic '
сѣдѣти', Russian '
сиде́ть'.
Verbs referencing "sittan"
English
sit, Latin
sedeo, Old English
settan, Sanskrit
सीदति.
Sample Sentences
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Þonne iċ būgendre stefne styrme, stille on wīcum sittað hnīgende. (When I shout with bending voice, the still men sit bowing in dwellings.) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:]
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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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.)