Fore-sittan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

fore-sittan

to preside at or over. (1) with dat. For first passage substitute:--Be þám sinoðe . . . æt Heortforda, þám wæs foresittende se arcebiscop (cui praesidebat archiepiscopus), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 371, 13. (2) with acc.:--Þone sinoð foresæt sce Leó, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25. fore-sittan