Standast
Old Icelandic Dictionary - standastMeaning of Old Icelandic word "standast" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
standast Old Icelandic word can mean:
- standast
- to be able to stand, keep one’s feet (T. rendi fyrir hann törgu, ok steðjaði hann yfir upp, ok stóðst þó); to be valid, hold good (í öðru skulu þín ráð ~, en eigi hér um); to stand, bear, tolerate;
- standast
- Kári stóðst þetta eigi, K. could not stand this;
- standast
- ~ e-m, to be equal to, be a match for (Ö. var svá frœkinn maðr, at fáir stóðust honum);
- standast
- ~ af e-m, to proceed, arise from one;
- standast
- af henni mun ~ allt it illa, from her will arise all kind of ill;
- standast
- svá stenzt af um ferð mína, the matter stands so as to my journey;
- standast
- recipr., ~ á, to stand opposite one another (bœr hans stóðst á ok konungs atsetr); to correspond, answer to each other, in regard to size, duration etc. (þat stóðst á nesit þvert ok fylking þeira);
- standast
- stóðst þat (allt féit) á endum ok þat, er G. átti at gjalda fyrir sik, it came just to what G. had to pay for himself;
- standast
- stenzt helfr í móti með þeim hjónum, they were rather at sixes and sevens, did not agree well.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᛅᚾᛏᛅᛋᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- etc.
- et cetera.