standan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of standan

Infinitive

standan
standenne

Participles

Presentstandende
Past(ġe)standen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.stande
2nd sing.stenst; stentst
3rd sing.stent
1st plur.standaþ
2nd plur.standaþ
3rd plur.standaþ

Past

1st sing.stōd
2nd sing.stōde
3rd sing.stōd
1st plur.stōdon
2nd plur.stōdon
3rd plur.stōdon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.stande
2nd sing.stande
3rd sing.stande
1st plur.standen
2nd plur.standen
3rd plur.standen

Past

1st sing.stōde
2nd sing.stōde
3rd sing.stōde
1st plur.stōden
2nd plur.stōden
3rd plur.stōden

Imperative

Singularstand
Pluralstandaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'standan'

standan,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
2. 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). See: Proto-Germanic '*standaną', Old Saxon 'standan', Old High German 'stantan', Latin 'stare'.

Verbs referencing "standan"

English stand, English station, Latin sto, Middle English stonden, Sanskrit तिष्ठति, Scots staund.

Sample Sentences

  • Sēo burg stōd bī þǣre sǣ. (The town stood by the sea.)
  • 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;) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
  • 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)

Cognates

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