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wiþ-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.
of opposition to force or compulsion, to withstand, resist,
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wiþ-standan, absolute
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  • Wíðstód

    reluctaretur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 45.

  • Ðet landfolc hardlíce wiðstódon

    the people offered a stout resistance,

    • Chr. 1046
      • ;
    • Erl. 171, 4.

  • Wiðstóde

    disputans,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 1.
Grammar
wiþ-standan, with dat.
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  • Gif hwylc eów wiþstondeþ (restiterit), ðonne gefultumiaþ wé eów,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 17.

  • Him man swíðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce,

    • Chr. 1001
      • ;
    • Erl. 137, 8
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 156, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 875.

  • Hé galdorcræftum wiðstód stranglíce,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 333
      • ;
    • An. 167.

  • Wiðstód

    refragabatur (decalogi sanctionibus,

      Ald. 12
    ),

      Hpt. Gl. 426, 40.

  • Hé wolde ðæt gyld ábrecan. Ðá wiðstódan him ða hǽþenan men,

      Blickl. Homl. 221, 21.

  • Wǽpen wyrcean and heora feóndum wiþstondan (resistere ),

    • Bd. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 481, 14.

  • Ðæm sloegende wiðstonda,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 14, 18.

  • From ðǽm wiðstondendum (resistentibus ) ðere swíðra ðínre,

      Ps. Surt. 16, 8.
to stand against, succeed in opposing, be a match for, refute
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  • Se nama tácnaþ ðone sige ðe Drihten wiþstód deófle,

      Blickl. Homl. 67, 15.

  • Eftforefundeno wiðstód

    reprehensores redarguit,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 16, 13.

  • Ðæt hí ðám yrmðum ne wiðstanden

    in miseriis non subsistent,

      Ps. Th. 139, 10.

  • Ne mæg eów nán þing wiðstandan (resistere),

    • Jos. 1, 5: 10, 8
      • :
    • Nicod. 26
      • ;
    • Thw. 14, 10
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 75, 5.

  • Wyrde wiðstondan,

    • Exon. Th. 287, 17
      • ;
    • Wand. 15: 161, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 967: 278, 18
      • ;
    • Jul. 599.

  • Wísdóm, ðam ne magon ealle eówer wiðerwinnan wiðstandan and wiðcweðan,

    • Lk. Skt. 21, 15
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 161, 17.
to stand in the way, be a hindrance, obstruct, prevent, be a preventive,
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wiþ-standan, absolute
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  • Wið blódryne of nosum; ádrýg gáte blód and gníd tó duste, dó on ðæt næsþyrl; hyt wiðstandeþ (it acts as a preventive ),

      Lchdm. i. 352, 4.
Grammar
wiþ-standan, with dat.
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  • Him nǽnig wiþstód

    nullo prohibente,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 41
      • .

  • In swá micclum heápe ðæra ðe ðǽr wǽron út gongende, hira nǽnig ðám in gangendum ne wiðstód,

      Shrn. 41, 10.

  • Ða þióstro ðínre heortan willaþ mínre láre wiðstondan,

      Met. 5, 22.
Grammar
wiþ-standan, with dat.
of that which is hindered and gen. of that in respect to which the hindrance occurs
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  • Micel stán ðone bróc tódǽlð and him his rihtrynes wiþstent; swá dóð nú ða þeóstro ðínre gedréfednesse wiþstandan mínum lárum,

    • Bt. 6
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 30.

  • Hé ðé oft wiðstód willan ðínes,

    • Exon. Th. 268, 5
      • ;
    • Jul. 427.
to stand off
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(cf. wiþ in wiþ-faran),
keep away, be absent
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  • Fearr dióules fácon uiðstonde

    procul diaboli fraus absistat,

      Rtl. 98, 32.

  • Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift wiðstande. Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forð ne cume,

    • L. In. 31
      • ;
    • Th. i. 122, 4 note.
to be hostile
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  • Ic wiðstande ongén eów

    ponam faciem contra vos,

      Lev. 26, 17.
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Cf. wiþer-standan.
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v.  wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþ-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/36272.

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