Fóre-sittan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fóre-sittan

part. -sittende; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten To sit before or in front, to preside; præsĭdēre :-- Wæs fóresittende se Arcebiscop Þeodórus the Archbishop Theodore was presiding, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 25. Fóresittendum Theodóre præsĭdente Theodōro, 4, 17; S. 585, 24. [Ger. vor-sitzen to preside.] fore-sittan