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tó-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
tó-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
to stand apart, be distant; fig. to differ, be different
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  • Swé micel tóstondeþ eástdael from westdaele

    quantum distal orient ab occasu.

    • Ps. Surt. 102, 12.

  • Tóstent,

    • Blickl. Gl.
    Hú micel tóstent seó godspellíce sóðfæstnyss fram sceade dære ealdan ǽ,
    • Homl. Th. ii. 70, 29.

  • Tóstænt

    differt,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 13.

  • Tóstent

    discrepat,

    • 141, 25:

    dispartire.

  • Tóstandaþ

    distent, i. separent,

    • 24.

  • Tó-standendum mægna

    distantes vires, i. discordes,

    • 26.
to stand aloof, not to be forthcoming
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  • Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, and ðonne sió gift tóstande. Gif mon wíf gebycgge, and sió gyft forð ne cume,

    • L. In. 31;
    • Th. i. 122, 3-6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30867.

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