Fór-standan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fór-standan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
-stondan;
- fór-standan
- p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen To stand before or against, withstand, oppose, hinder; resistĕre, impĕdīre :-- Ne meahte seó weáláf wíge fórstandan the miserable remnant could not withstand in battle, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 44; Met. 1, 22. Ne mágon gé him ða wíc fórstondan to him ye may not hinder the dwellings, Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 7; Gú. 674. Ic him ðæt fórstonde I hinder them from that. Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 15; Rä. 17, 8. Godes engel fórstód ðone weg stĕtit angĕlus Dŏmĭni in via, Num. 22, 22. to withstand. for-standan