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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bisitjaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bisitjaną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_bisitjana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bisitjaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>bisitjaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˌbi.ˈsit.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛁᛊᛁᛏᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to sit among, sit near</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *bi- (‘by, at’; a general locative prefix) + *sitjaną (‘to sit’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisitisi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisiti</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisitiþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisitjaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bisitjōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>bisitjaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bisitjaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bisitjaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>bisitjaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisitiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisitiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisitjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bisat</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>bisētį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisast</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>bisētīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisat</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>bisētī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>bisētū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>bisētīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>bisētudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>bisētīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bisētum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>bisētīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisētud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>bisētīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisētun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>bisētīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>bisitjandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>bisetanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>bisitjaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bisittjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*besitten</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>besitten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                        <orth>besit</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>bezitten</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bisittjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>besittan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>besitten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>besit</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bisittjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>bisizzen</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>besitzen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>besitzen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*bisittjan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>besittian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>besitten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>besidde</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>besitte</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>besitta</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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