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óþ-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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óþ-standan, I.
to stop in one's course, to come to a standstill
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  • Ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgyte sóna,

      Lchdm. i. 88, 10.

  • Sóna ðæt blód óþstænt,

      180, 3.

  • Ðæt unstille hweól óþstód,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 32.

  • Ia. metaphorically,

    to cease to act

    :-- Gif se hlyst óþstande, ðæt hé ne mǽge gehiéran,
      L. Alf. pol. 46; Th. i. 92, 23.
to remain standing, remain
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  • Uneáþe ǽnig grot staþoles óþstód,

      Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 23.
  • Ðæt is lang tó sæcganne, hú ða wurdon generede in ðære Noes earce, ða ðe ðǽr tó láfe ófstódon. Wulfst. 206, 30.
to remain standing and so prove an obstacle
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  • Ðæt swefn swíðe óþstód manegum mínra leóda (

    the dream interpreted by Daniel),

      Cd. Th. 246, 23; Dan. 483.
  • Cf. æt-standan
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Bosworth, Joseph. “óþ-standan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25077.

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