ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sitten

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Sitten is a verb meaning (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Seated.

Meaning

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Seated.

More Meanings

  1. Settled; stationary; not easily stirred or moved.
  2. (archaic, UK dialectal) past participle of sit; alternative form of sat.
  3. (obsolete) plural simple present of sit

Example Sentences

The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill.
Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours.
He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin Nor Will.
Such merimake holy saints doth queme, But we here sytten as drownd in a dreme.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include sere, teindable, latesome, homely, ident, south-east.

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