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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-standan

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1 a-standan

p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen. I. to stand up, get up, rise up, rise; exsurgere, resurgere, surgere :-- Ðá astód he semninga exsurrexit repente, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20. He up astandeþ of slǽpe he rises up from sleep, Exon. 96 a ; Th. 358, 4 ; Pa, 40. Eft lífgende up astódon they stood up living again, 24 b; Th. 71, 18; Cri. 1157. II. to insist, persist, continue; persistere, instare :-- Ðæt hi on ðam geleáfan sóþfæstnysse symle fæstlice astódon and awunedon ut in fide veritatis persisterent semper ac proficerent, Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 21, note: 4, 25; S. 599, 31. Hig astódon illi instabant, Lk. Bos. 23, 23. a-standan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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