For-sittan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-sittan

Add: I. trans. (1) to stop up :-- Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. (2) to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty :-- Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10. Gif hwá burhbóte oþþe bricgbóte oþþe fyrdfare forsitte, 410, 9. Gif hwá hreám gehýre and hine forsitte, 392, 17: 236, 31: 260, 5: 258, 14: 284, 4. II. intrans. To remain unmoved :-- Gif se útgang forsitte, Lch. ii. 200, 2, 14. Gif him se útgang forseten sié, oþþe gemígan ne mæge, 260, 10. Gehnescige mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel, 212, 16. [Wah swa hit forsete þat þe king hete, Laym. 28518. Ger. ver-sitzen.] for-sittan