сѣдѣти

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from *sedéh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Verb

сѣдѣти (sědětiimpf

  1. reside, live
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2559-2561:
      и тоу сѣдѧще щоуждꙑѩ домꙑ строѩтъ своихъ безоумиѥмь отъбѣгъше
      i tu sědęšte štuždyję domy strojętŭ svoixŭ bezumijemĭ otŭběgŭše
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    • from Primary Chronicle, XX:
      Полꙗми же прозваша сꙗ, за неже въ поли сѣдꙗхᲂу.
      Poljami že prozvaša sja, za neže vŭ poli sědjaxᲂu.
      They call themselves Polans, because they lived in the fields.
  2. (intransitive) to sit, be sitting

Conjugation