standan

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Hord-wynne fond eald uht-sceaða opene standan, se þe byrnende biorgas sêceð nacod nîð-draca, nihtes fleógeð

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
H. - So., and Ho. read standan stân-bogan (for stôd on stân-bogan) depending on geseah. l.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
For this use of standan, cf.ll. 2314, 2770; and Vergil, _Ecl. _ ii.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Hord-wynne fond eald ūht-sceaða opene standan, sē þe byrnende biorgas sēceð nacod nīð-draca, nihtes flēogeð

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
For this use of standan, cf.ll. 2314, 2770; and Vergil, _Ecl. _ ii.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
H. - So., and Ho. read standan stān-bogan (for stōd on stān-bogan) depending on geseah. l.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
= ge-slōgon standan, stræl = strǣl stapan, furðor = furður ge-steppan,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Sigemunde gesprong äfter deáð-däge dôm un-lytel, 885. on-springan, _to burst in two, spring asunder_: pret.pl. seonowe onsprungon, burston bânlocan 818. standan, st. v.: 1) absolutely or with prep., _to stand_: pres.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Sigemunde gesprong æfter dēað-dæge dōm un-lȳtel, 885. on-springan, _to burst in two, spring asunder_: pret.pl. seonowe onsprungon, burston bānlocan 818. standan, st. v.: 1) absolutely or with prep., _to stand_: pres.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879