Standast

Old Icelandic Dictionary - standast

Meaning 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.
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