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emb-sittan

  • verb [ strong ]
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emb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl, -sǽton; pp. -seten
To sit round or about, surround, beset, besiege; circumsĕdēre, obsĭdēre
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  • Porsenna and Tarcuinius embsǽton Róme burh

    Porsenna and Tarquin surrounded Rome,

    • Ors. 2,
    • 3;
    • Bos. 42,
    • 11.
  • He besirede ðæt folc ðe hi embseten hæfdon

    he deceived the people who had besieged them,

    • Ors. 4,
    • 5;
    • Bos. 83,
    • 3.
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v. ymb-sittan.
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v.  ymb-sittan.
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