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Anglo-Saxon

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under-standan

Grammar
under-standan, <b>.
Entry preview:

III.</b> add Ic geanbidode swíþe wet oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest, and hú þú hit understandan woldest; and eác þý furþor ic tiolode geornfullíce ꝥ ðú hit forstandan mihtest I waited till I knew what you would, and in what way you would conceive

tó-standan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.

to stand apart ⬩ be distant ⬩ to differ ⬩ be different ⬩ to stand aloof ⬩ not to be forthcoming

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to stand apart, be distant; fig. to differ, be different 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

stán-denu

(n.)
Entry preview:

a stony valley In stándene, C. D. iii. 383, 19

stán-wang

(n.)
Grammar
stán-wang, es; m.
Entry preview:

A stony plain Stánwongas gróf, Exon. Th. 498, 24; Rä. 88, 6

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