Bisitia

Old Swedish Dictionary - bisitia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bisitia" in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

bisitia Old Swedish word can mean:

bisitia
1) sitta ss domare ordförande el. bisittare. bisittiande borgmäSTare och radh för rattenom (!) STockholm. I. Gillesboken 1393--1487. Utg. av I. Collijn. 1921.">HLG 1: 128 (1483, nyare avskr.).
bisitia
2) sitta, vara bosatt (ss innehavare). athe ingelund vilia haffua magnis mölnare bisittiande vidh sudre quarn STb 1: 49 (1476). " henrik zerkenso skal vtaff gaardin, ther han nw bysitter" ib 128 (1477). - Jfr besitia.

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • by-.
  • -sittia )

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛁᛋᛁᛏᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

HLG 1
Handlingar rörande Helga Lekamens Gille i Stockholm. I. Gillesboken 1393--1487. Utg. av I. Collijn. 1921.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
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