From Old Swedish besitia, from Middle Low German besitten, from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną, from *bi- + *sitjaną. Equivalent to be- + sitta. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Dutch bezitten, German besitzen, English besit and Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan).[1]
besitta (present besitter, preterite besatt, supine besuttit, imperative besitt)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | besitta | besittas | ||
| Supine | besuttit | besuttits | ||
| Imperative | besitt | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | besitten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | besitter | besatt | besitts, besittes | besatts |
| Ind. plural1 | besitta | besutto | besittas | besuttos |
| Subjunctive2 | besitte | besutte | besittes | besuttes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | besittande | |||
| Past participle | besutten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||