Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (6)
(p stód; p.p. standen) 1. to stand; 2. to stand still, stop; to remain, continue, abide (also stondan)
Etymology
[Mod E STAND ← Prot-Germ *standan; Goth standan; O Fris standa, stonda; O Sax standan; OHG stantan; O Icel standa (Mod Icel standa)]
Paradigm
4.1.6. - VI class
The sixth class was characterized by the Prot-Germ vowel gradation ă – ō – ō– ă [← Indo-Europ quantitative ablaut ŏ – ō – ō – ŏ].
This vowel gradation finds the following expression in Anglo-Saxon (depending on the surroundings of the stem vowel):
| VI class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to shake, quiver | scacan, sceacan | scóc, scéac | scócon, scéacon | scacen |
| to lift up, raise | hebban | hóf | hóf | hafen, hæfen |
| to strike; to beat | sléan | slóȝ, slóh | slóȝon | slæȝen |
| to stand | standan, stondan | stód | stódon | standen, stonden |
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