sittenadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪtn/, U.S.

/ˈsɪtn/, Scottish English

/ˈsɪt(ə)n/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 1700s 1900s– sitten, pre-1700 (1900s– Shetland) sittin; English regional (in sense 3) 1800s– sitten.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English sitten , sit v.

Etymology: < sitten, variant past participle of sit v.

†1. Scottish. With modifying word, as well sitten, evil sitten, etc.: having a (good, bad, etc.) seat on horseback. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > firmly seated

well sitten?a1513

saddle-fast1805

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 155 The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill.

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) 366 He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin, nor Will.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 208 The king was ewill sittin and fell of the horse befor the myle dore of Bannaburne.

1724 A. Ramsay Ever Green I. 251 The talzior that was not weil sitten, He left his Sadle all beshitten, And to the Grund he socht.

2. Scottish. sitten-up: having come to a stop in an undertaking; stuck in one's ways; (hence) neglectful or careless of one's duty. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > settled in habit

sitten-up1671

set1848

1671 J. Livingston Let. to Parishoners Ancram 15 Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours.

1677 J. Brown Christ the Way xxi. 314 (chapter heading) How to make use of Christ as the Life, when the beleever is so sitten-up in the wayes of God, that he can do nothing.

1974 J. I. M. Stewart Gaudy (1976) xiv. 263 Our attendance in our parish church was sufficiently regular to have satisfied Uncle Norman himself that we were not ‘sitten-up’—an expression applicable in Aberdeenshire, if not in Edinburgh, to those who are culpably neglectful of their religious duties.

3. Scottish and English regional. Of a bird's egg: containing a developed chick; near to hatching.

ΚΠ

1857 Zoologist 15 5365 I received from a country boy nine slightly sitten eggs.

1949 P. A. Jamieson Lett. on Shetland 222 They took the eggs home, but dey were sittin.

2016 @ppcarefoot 19 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Fresh eggs sink flat, days old bobble about and ‘sitten’ eggs float.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sitten
释义	sittenadj. Brit. /ˈsɪtn/, U.S. /ˈsɪtn/, Scottish English /ˈsɪt(ə)n/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 1700s 1900s– sitten, pre-1700 (1900s– Shetland) sittin; English regional (in sense 3) 1800s– sitten. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English sitten , sit v. Etymology: < sitten, variant past participle of sit v. †1. Scottish. With modifying word, as well sitten, evil sitten, etc.: having a (good, bad, etc.) seat on horseback. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > firmly seated well sitten?a1513 saddle-fast1805 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 155 The tailȝeour was no thing weill sittin, He left the sadill. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) 366 He micht counter Will on horss, For Sym wes bettir sittin, nor Will. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 208 The king was ewill sittin and fell of the horse befor the myle dore of Bannaburne. 1724 A. Ramsay Ever Green I. 251 The talzior that was not weil sitten, He left his Sadle all beshitten, And to the Grund he socht. 2. Scottish. sitten-up: having come to a stop in an undertaking; stuck in one's ways; (hence) neglectful or careless of one's duty. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > settled in habit sitten-up1671 set1848 1671 J. Livingston Let. to Parishoners Ancram 15 Their fire edge might help to kindle-up old sitten-up professours. 1677 J. Brown Christ the Way xxi. 314 (chapter heading) How to make use of Christ as the Life, when the beleever is so sitten-up in the wayes of God, that he can do nothing. 1974 J. I. M. Stewart Gaudy (1976) xiv. 263 Our attendance in our parish church was sufficiently regular to have satisfied Uncle Norman himself that we were not ‘sitten-up’—an expression applicable in Aberdeenshire, if not in Edinburgh, to those who are culpably neglectful of their religious duties. 3. Scottish and English regional. Of a bird's egg: containing a developed chick; near to hatching. ΚΠ 1857 Zoologist 15 5365 I received from a country boy nine slightly sitten eggs. 1949 P. A. Jamieson Lett. on Shetland 222 They took the eggs home, but dey were sittin. 2016 @ppcarefoot 19 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Fresh eggs sink flat, days old bobble about and ‘sitten’ eggs float. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1513
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