p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen. I. to stand; stand still, remain, last, exist, be; stāre, mănēre. existĕre, esse :-- 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. II. to stand against any one, oppose, oppress, attack, urge, seize; insurgĕre, ingruĕre, urgĕre, corrĭpĕre :-- 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. [Goth. ga-standan: O. Sax. gi-standan.] ge-standan