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Old English
Etymology
From wiþ- + standan.
Pronunciation
Verb
wiþstandan
- to stand against, stand in the way of, resist, be a match for
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
Ne mæg werig mod · wyrde wiðstondan,
ne se hreo hyge · helpe gefremman.- A weary mind cannot withstand fate,
nor the worried mind help out.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd.- Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.
- to obstruct, prevent, hinder
- to keep away, be absent
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