for-standan
- verb [ strong ]
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Gif hine nelle forstandan
if he will not stand up for him,
- L. In. 62 ;
- Th. i. 142, 6.
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Twelfhyndes mannes áþ forstent vi ceorla áþ
a twelve hundred man's oath stands for the oath of six churls,
- L. O. 13 ;
- Th. i. 182, 19.
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Ðæt his gewitnes eft náht ne forstande
that his witness avail again nothing,
- L. Ath. i. 10 ;
- Th. i. 204, 24.
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Gif hine hwá forstande
if any one stand up for him,
- L. Ath. i. 1 ;
- Th. i. 198, 25.
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Gif hine hwá fórene forstande
if any one defend him,
- v. § 1, 4 ;
- Th. i. 230, 4: v. § 8, 2 ;
- Th. i. 236, 12: L. Eth. i. 4 ;
- Th. i. 284, 3: L. C. S. 33 ;
- Th. i. 396, 17.
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He mihte hord forstandan
he might defend the treasure,
- Beo. Th. 5903 ;
- B. 2955.
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Forstond ðú mec
protect thou me,
- Exon. 118 b ;
- Th. 455, 31 ;
- Hy. 4, 58.
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Hwá forstandeþ hie, gif ðu hie ne scyldest
who shall defend it, if thou dost not shield it,
- Blickl. Homl. 225, 18.
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Hwæt forstód ðám betestum mannum — oððe hwæt forstent hit
what did it help the best men — or what does it profit?
- Bt. 18, 4 ;
- Fox 68, 7, 9.
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Ne forstent ðæt þweál náuht
the washing profits nothing,
- Past. 54 ;
- Hat. MS.
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Uneáðe ic mæg forstandan ðíne acsunga
I can scarcely understand thy questions,
- Bt. 5, 3 ;
- Fox 12, 15.
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Selfe forstódon his word onwended
they themselves understood his words [to be] perverted,
- Cd. 37 ;
- Th. 48, 2 ;
- Gen. 769.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/11747.
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