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on-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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on-standan, <b>. I.</b> to consist of
or in. Cf. standan;
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  • Ic ealle mîne bêc, on þâm þe se drŷcræft onstôd, âwearp,

      Hml. Th. ii. 418, 14.
to persist, continue
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  • Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande

    ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4.
  • Mid onstandendum geswince instanti labore, Scint. 111, 14. IIa. to insist, persist in demand :-- Hiá onstôdon stefnum miclum

    illi insta-bant uocibus magnis,

      Lk. L. R. 23, 23.
to apply one's self to
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  • Þâ þe of geswincum andlifene . . . tô begitanne geornlîce onstandaþ

    qui laboribus . . . uictum . . . adquirere inhianter instant,

      Chrd. 111, 1.
  • [O. H. Ger. ana-stân inhaerere, instare.] Cf. â-standan.
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v.  an-standan.
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