besatt
See also: besätt
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
besatt
- simple past of besitte
- past participle of besette
Swedish
Etymology
past participle of besätta. Old Swedish besatter. But having the same meaning as Middle Low German besetten and German besessen, which are past participle of besitzen, Swedish besitta, just like Latin obsessus.
Adjective
besatt
- obsessed, possessed (by evil spirits), mad
Declension
| Inflection of besatt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | besatt | — | — |
| Neuter singular | besatt | — | — |
| Plural | besatta | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | besatte | — | — |
| All | besatta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Verb
besatt
- past tense of besitta.
- supine of besätta.
References
- besatt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.