v (based on sessam) stands, holds out, perseveres : seasaim ag an doras, ┐ bím dhá bhualadh, Donlevy 218.11 . don talamh air ar sheas sé, 66.5 . gabh greim do sceith . . . ┐ seas súas dom chumdach, Psalms xxxv 2 . ó do sheasois gó so ┐ ó do chuiris romhad bheith ag foghnamh do Dhia, Desid. 4667 . ? Subj. s. 3 sessa Fogurtach an flaith `F. the chieftain prevails', TFrag. 20.2 . Folld. by direct obj. defends : níor sheas úir an oirir fhinn | gan dúil oinigh na intinn, LBranach 5736 . See also sessmaid.