Faroese

Verb

sitja ‎(third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to sit

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‎(“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪːtja/

  Rhymes: -ɪːtja

Verb

sitja ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sat, third-person plural past indicative sátu, supine setið)

1. (intransitive) to sit
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Gefendur heilir!

     Gestur er inn kominn!

     hvar skal sitja sjá?

     Mjög er bráður

     sá er á bröndum skal

     síns um freista frama.

     Hail to the giver! | a guest has come;

     Where shall the stranger sit?

     Swift shall he be who, | with swords shall try

     The proof of his might to make.

2. (intransitive) to ride
   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sitje
• sitta, sitte

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‎(“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siça/, /sitja/ (examples of pronunciation)

Verb

sitja ‎(present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sitjast, present participle sitjande, imperative sit)

1. sit

   Sit du godt?

   Are you sitting comfortably?

References

• “sitja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, akin to Old English sittan, Old Saxon sittian, Old Frisian sitta, Old High German sizzen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 ‎(sitan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‎(“sit”).

Verb

sitja ‎(singular past indicative sat, plural past indicative sátu, past participle setinn)

1. to sit

Descendants

References

• sitja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press