† atstandv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To stand still, remain, stay.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > be at a standstill
standeOE
atstandc1000
stick1641
to be at a standstill1882
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue > in specified state
ofstandeOE
atstandc1000
goOE
standOE
containc1380
perseverec1380
contunec1400
to hold inc1400
setc1400
remain?a1450
continue1503
stay1570
keepc1600
subsista1616
c1000 Ælfric Oswald in Lives Saints in H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader 101 Se post ána ætstód ansund.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 129 Heo..ne mehten þer naleng etstonden.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 367 After betere wind hii moste þere atstonde.
2. To come to a stand; to stop.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop
abideOE
atstandc1000
steveneta1225
atstuntc1230
to make, take, etc., stallc1275
stema1300
astandc1314
withstanda1325
stintc1374
arrestc1400
stotec1400
stayc1440
steadc1475
stop short1530
disadvance1610
come1611
consist1611
check1635
halt1656
to bring to1697
to draw up1767
to bring up1769
to pull up1781
to fetch up1838
to come to a standstill1852
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 44 Ða æt-stod sona þæs blodes ryne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11967 Hit [the sword] at his breoste at-stod [c1300 Otho a-stod].
c1300 Beket 2375 Er he com to Canterbure: he nolde no whar atstonde.
3. To make a hostile stand, to resist, withstand.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > resist resolutely
i-standOE
atstand?c1225
to hold out rubbers1573
to stand out1574
to hold out1585
stay1593
to stand one's ground1600
to stick out1677
to stand brush1794
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 182 Edstond þurch hwat strencðe.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 355 Vor he at stode..And drof the Englysse men aȝen.
4. with dative becoming at length transitive. To stand to:
a. To withstand, resist.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist
withstandc888
withsake971
forstanda1000
to stand again ——OE
withsetc1000
again-standOE
to stand againOE
warnc1175
wiþerhaldec1175
atstandc1220
astand1250
withsitc1300
sitc1325
asitc1330
(it) may well withc1395
reversea1400
resist1417
ofstandc1425
onstandc1425
gainstand?c1450
endure1470
obsista1475
repugna1513
recountera1525
occur1531
desist1548
impugn1577
obstrigillate1623
counter-stand1648
stem1675
repique1687
to make face to1807
to fight off1833
to stick up1838
bay1848
withstay1854
buck1857
c1220 Sawles Warde in Lamb. Hom. 255 Etstont þen feont and he flið anan riht.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 44 Hym ne myȝte non at stonde.
b. To stand close to; to press. (Latin instare.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > stand near to
overstandeOE
atstandc1330
side1587
assist1646
c1330 Amis & Amil. 1728 Begged hem mete and drink also, When hem most ned atstod.
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v.c1000- not a penny
- not a person's day
- not a picnic
- not a pin matter
- not a priming to
- not a quinch
- not a rap
- not a sausage
- not a shirt on one's back
- not a shirt to one's back
- not a shot in the locker
- not a snap
- not a soul
- not a stick
- not a stiver
- not a whit
- not a wink
- not a wink of sleep
- not a —— bone in one's body
- not afore time
- not all beer and skittles
- not all roses
- not all that
- not all there
- not all-thing