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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From до- (do-) + сѣдѣти (sěděti).
Verb
досѣдѣти • (dosěděti) ?
- bring about by sitting, achieve through sitting (waiting)
- Olga's Revenge lines 115-120, from the Primary Chronicle:
и стоꙗ ѡльга лѣто, не можаше всѧти града. и оумꙑслꙇ сице. посла ко граду глаголющи, что хочете досѣдѣти, а вси гради ваши предаша сѧ мнѣ.- i stoja olĭga lěto, ne možaše vsęti grada. i umysli sice. posla ko gradu glagoljušti, čto xočete dosěděti, a vsi gradi vaši predaša sę mně.
- Olga remained for a year, (but) she was unable to take the city. And she devised the following. She sent to the city, saying: Why do you want to remain besieged, while all your other towns have surrendered to me?
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