Emb-sittan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Emb-sittan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ymb-sittan. emb-sittan

Definitions

1 emb-sittan

p. -sæt, pl, -sǽton; pp. -seten To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege; circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre :-- Porsenna and Tarcuinius embsǽton Róme burh Porsenna and Tarquin surrounded Rome, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 11. He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon he deceived the people who had besieged them, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 83, 3.

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛗᛒ-ᛋᛁᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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