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  • Besitt

    obsidet,

    • Scint. 148, 12
    • .
  • Ðá hellican gástas besittað þæs mannes forðsíð,

    • Hml. Th. i. 410, 3
    • .
  • Þá þe ꝥ líc besǽton,

    • Hml. S. 10, 59
    • .
  • Þá hǽþenan hæfdon hí besetene,

    • 25, 391
    • .
  • [Goth. bi-sitan: O. Frs. bi-sitta to possess: O. Sax. bi-sittian to besiege: O. L. Ger. bi-sittian circumsedere, circumdare: O. H. Ger. pi-sizzen possidere.]
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