sin-snæd, st. f., (_continuous biting_) _bite after bite_: dat. pl. syn-snædum swealh (_swallowed bite after bite, in great bites_), 744. sittan, st. v.: 1) _to sit_: pres. sg. Wîglâf siteð ofer Biówulfe, 2907; imper. sg. site nu tô symle, 489; inf. þær swîð-ferhðe sittan eodon (_whither the strong-minded went and sat_), 493; eode ... tô hire freán sittan (_went to sit by her lord_), 642; pret. sg. on wicge sät (_sat on the horse_), 286; ät fôtum sät (_sat at the feet_), 500, 1167; þær Hrôðgâr sät (_where H. sat_), 356; so, 1191, 2895; he gewêrgad sät ... freán eaxlum neáh, 2854; pret. pl. sæton, 1165; gistas sêtan (MS. sêcan) ... and on mere staredon (_the strangers sat and stared on the sea_), 1603.--2) _to be in a certain state_ or _condition_ (_quasi_ copula): pret. sg. mære þeóden ... unblîðe sät, 130.--Comp.: flet-, heal-sittend. be-sittan, obsidere, _to surround, besiege_, w. acc.: besät þâ sin-herge sweorda lâfe wundum wêrge (_then besieged he with a host the leavings of the sword, wound-weary_), 2937. for-sittan, obstrui, _to pass away, fail_: pres. sg. eágena bearhtm for-siteð (_the light of the eyes passeth away_), 1768. ge-sittan: 1) _to sit, sit together_: pret. sg. monig-oft ge-sät rîce to rûne (_very often sat the king deliberating with his council_ (see rîce), 171; wið earm ge-sät (_supported himself upon his arm, sat on his arm_?), 750; fêða eal ge-sät (_the whole troop sat down_), 1425; ge-sät þâ wið sylfne (_sat there beside, near to, him_, i.e. Hygelâc), 1978; ge-sät þâ on nässe, 2418; so, 2718; pret. part. (syððan) ... we tô symble ge-seten häfdon, 2105.--2) w. acc., _to seat one's self upon_ or _in something, to board_: pret. sg. þâ ic ... sæ-bât ge-sät, 634. of-sittan, w. acc., _to sit over_ or _upon_: pret. sg. of-sät þâ þone sele-gyst, 1546. ofer-sittan, w. acc., _to dispense with, refrain from_ (cf. ofer, 2 [c]): pres. sg. I. þät ic wið þone gûð-flogan gylp ofer-sitte, 2529; inf. secge ofer-sittan, 685. on-sittan (O.H.G. int-sizzan, _to start from one's seat, to be startled_), w. acc., _to fear_: inf. þâ fæhðe, atole ecg-þräce eówer leóde sîwðe onsittan _to dread the hostility, the fierce contest, of your people_, 598. ymb-sittan, _to sit around_, w. acc.: pret. pl. (þät hie) ... symbel ymb-sæton (_sat round the feast_), 564. See ymb-sittend. sîd, adj.: 1) _wide, broad, spacious, large_: nom. sg. (here-byrne, glôf) sîd, 1445, 2087; acc. sg. m. sîdne scyld, 437; on sîdne sæ, 507; fem. byrnan sîde (of a corselet extending over the legs), 1292; ofer sæ sîde, 2395; neut. sîde rîce, 1734, 2200; instr. sg. sîdan herge, 2348; acc. pl. sîde sæ-nässas, 223; sîde scyldas, 325; gen. pl. sîdra sorga (_of great sorrows_), 149.--2) in moral sense, _great, noble_: acc. sg. þurh sîdne sefan, 1727. side, adv., _far and wide, afar_, 1224. sîd-fäðme, adj., _broad-bosomed_: acc. sg. sîd-fäðme scip, 1918. sîd-fäðmed, _quasi_ pret. part., the same: nom. sg. sîd-fäðmed scip, 302.