Fore-standan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fore-standan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fore-standan
- For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 63, and add: to hold one's ground, prevail against:--Geatt helles ne forestondes wið ðá ilca portae inferi non praevalebunt adversum eam, Mt. L. 16, 18.