sitteth

«sitteth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: sits — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

sits

part of speech

verb, old form of «sits» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«sitteth» means «sits», a form of «sit»: To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he sitteth» = «he sits».

examples

• Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• In this chariot sitteth the lord over the kingdom of Benares, the great king Brahma-datta." (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.20, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «sit», a verb of EWT); corpora 10 (Torah 8, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.1 (Torah alone 18.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
• And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
• And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
• For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her arrogancy that sitteth still.
• He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sitteth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.