v. (past sg.)
'sat' (Modern English sit)
PGmc Ancestor
*setjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
sitja 'to sit'
(ONP sitja (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far sita, Icel sitja, Norw sitja, ODan sitia, sitiæ, Dan sidde, OSw sitia, Sw sitta
OE Cognate
sittan 'to sit'
Phonological and morphological markers
[ON /ɑ:/ < PGmc */e:/ (1)] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
CCC2
MED has a number of instances of <sate(n)>, with no very evident dial restriction; <sot->spellings are rarer, and tend to be N and E (inc. Lydgate).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 339