standan

standan

1. romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽

• stondan

From Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Cognate with Old Frisian stonda, Old Saxon standan, Old High German stantan, Old Norse standa, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan). The Germanic source is cognate with Latin stare and Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑn.dɑn/

standan

1. to stand

   Sēo burg stōd bī þǣre sǣ.

   The town stood by the sea.

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið,
     þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;

     A wise man must understand how spiritual it is
     when all wealth of this world stands empty;

2. to be positioned, located
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm garseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm garseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.

     The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes

     Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind

• Middle English: stonden, stande, standen, stonde
  • English: stand
    • → Ido: standar
    • → Norman: stanner, sténer
    • Sranan Tongo: tan
  • Middle Scots: stand
    • Scots: staund, staand, stan, stand, staun, stawn
  • Yola: sthoane, sthone, sthoan, stoane

From Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną.

standan

1. to stand

   Synonym: stān

• Middle Low German: standen, *stenden (attested in imperative stant)
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: *bîstanden, bîstenden
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: entweistanden
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: standinge
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: ümmestanden
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: understanden
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: upstanden
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: vörstenden
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: wedderstanden