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ge-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.
to stand; stand still, remain, last, exist, be; stāre, mănēre. existĕre, esse
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  • Heó mihte Gode willsumra wífmonna láreów and féster-módur gestandan

    ipsa Deo dēvōtārum māter ac nutrix posset existĕre fēmĭnārum,

      Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 17: Ps. Th. 118, 114.
  • Eádig byþ se wer, se ðe him ege Drihtnes, on ferhþcleofan, fæste gestandeþ

    beatus vir, qui tĭmet Dŏmĭnum,

      111, 1: 113, 20.
  • He fór eaxlum gestód Deniga freán

    he stood before the shoulders of the Danes' lord,

      Beo. Th. 722; B. 358: 813; B. 404: Andr. Kmbl. 1414; An. 707.
  • Æðelinga bearn ymbe gestódon

    sons of nobles stood around,

      Beo. Th. 5188; B. 2597: Rood Kmbl. 126; Kr. 63.
  • His fótas ǽr fæste gestódan

    stĕtērunt pĕdes ejus,

      Ps. Th. 131, 7: 93, 18.
  • Wese ðín milde mód geswíðed, and me to frófre fæste gestande

    fiat nunc mĭsĕrĭcordia tua, ut consōlētur me,

      118, 76.
  • Ahsige hú lange seó sibb gestóde

    let him ask how long the peace lasted,

      Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 88, 6: Bd. 4. 23; S. 594, 40.
  • Ðæt gestód lytle leng ðonne vii hund wintra

    that lasted a little longer than seven hundred years,

      Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 28, 20.
  • Ðá gestód seó cweorn

    the mill stopped,

      Shrn. 145, 28.
  • Hǽlend ðá gestód

    the Saviour then stood still,

      Blickl. Homl. 15, 23: 219, 10.
  • Æfter ðære béne gestóden him mæssan

    after the prayer they attended mass,

      Homl. Th. ii. 272, 15.
  • Hie on eallum heora lífe orleahtre gestódan

    they continued blameless in all their life,

      Blickl. Homl. 163, 17, 4.
  • Hie mon to his andweardnesse héht gestandan

    they were ordered to stand in his presence,

      173, 11.
  • Siððan hyt gestanden beó

    when it be stood,

      Herb. 1, 4; Lchdm. i. 72, 8.
to stand against any one, oppose, oppress, attack, urge, seize; insurgĕre, ingruĕre, urgĕre, corrĭpĕre
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  • He á wile ealra feónda gehwone fæste gestandan

    he ever will firmly stand against every foe,

      Salm. Kmbl. 196; Sal. 97.
  • Forðam me fremde oft fácne gestódon

    quŏniam ălieni insurrexērunt in me,

      Ps. Th. 53, 3.
  • Ne mæg hús náht lange standan on ðam heán múnte, gif hit full ungemetlíc wind gestent

    a house cannot long stand on the high mountain if a violent wind press on it,

      Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16: 38, 1; Fox 194, 10.
  • Búton ðú gestande ðone unrihtwísan and him his unrihtwísnysse secge

    unless thou oppose the unrighteous man and tell him his unrighteousness,

      Homl. Th. ii. 340, 23: i. 6, 24.
  • Ðá gestód hine swá micel líchamlíc costung

    then so great a temptation of the body assailed him,

    ii.
      156, 25: 122, 17: Guthl. 20; Gdwn. 80, 5.
  • Wæs heó gestanden mid hefigre untrumysse líchoman

    she was seized with a heavy illness,

      Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 16: 5, 13; S. 632, 17: Blickl. Homl. 227, 6.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-standan: O. Sax. gi-standan.]
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v.  ge-stondan.
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