[sin-here], st. m., (army without end?), strong army, host: instr. sg. sin-herge, [2937].
[sin-niht], st. f., perpetual night, night after night: acc. pl. sin-nihte (night after night), [161].
[sin-sceaða], w. m., irreconcilable foe: nom. sg. syn-scaða, [708]; acc. sg. syn-scaðan, [802].
[sin-snæd], st. f., (continuous biting) bite after bite: dat. pl. syn-snædum swealh (swallowed bite after bite, in great bites), [744].
[sittan], st. v.: 1) to sit: pres. sg. Wîglâf siteð ofer Biówulfe, [2907]; imper. sg. site nu tô symle, [489]; inf. þær swîð-ferhðe sittan eodon (whither the strong-minded went and sat), [493]; eode ... tô hire freán sittan (went to sit by her lord), [642]; pret. sg. on wicge sät (sat on the horse), [286]; ät fôtum sät (sat at the feet), [500], [1167]; þær Hrôðgâr sät (where H. sat), [356]; so, [1191], [2895]; he gewêrgad sät ... freán eaxlum neáh, [2854]; pret. pl. sæton, [1165]; gistas sêtan (MS. sêcan) ... and on mere staredon (the strangers sat and stared on the sea), [1603].—2) to be in a certain state or condition (quasi copula): pret. sg. mære þeóden ... unblîðe sät, [130].—Comp.: flet-, heal-sittend.
be-sittan, obsidere, to surround, besiege, w. acc.: besät þâ sin-herge sweorda lâfe wundum wêrge (then besieged he with a host the leavings of the sword, wound-weary), [2937].
for-sittan, obstrui, to pass away, fail: pres. sg. eágena bearhtm for-siteð (the light of the eyes passeth away), [1768].
ge-sittan: 1) to sit, sit together: pret. sg. monig-oft ge-sät rîce to rûne (very often sat the king deliberating with his council (see [rîce]), [171]; wið earm ge-sät (supported himself upon his arm, sat on his arm?), [750]; fêða eal ge-sät (the whole troop sat down), [1425]; ge-sät þâ wið sylfne (sat there beside, near to, him, i.e. Hygelâc), [1978];
ge-sät þâ on nässe, [2418]; so, [2718]; pret. part. (syððan) ... we tô symble ge-seten häfdon, [2105].—2) w. acc., to seat one's self upon or in something, to board: pret. sg. þâ ic ... sæ-bât ge-sät, [634].
of-sittan, w. acc., to sit over or upon: pret. sg. of-sät þâ þone sele-gyst, [1546].