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STANDEND - STÁNIHT
standend, es; m. One who stands :-- Ðrífaldo stondendo ternos statores, Rtl. 193, 35.
standendness. v. á-standendness.
stán-fæt, es; n. A stone vessel :-- On stánfate gehíded, Wald. 62. Com wíf hæbbende stánfæt (alabastrum), Mk. Skt. Rush. 14, 3. Miððý gebrocen wæs ðæt, stánfæt, Lind. 14, 3. [O. Sax. stén-fat.]
stán-fáh; adj. Many-coloured with stones, epithet of a road, Beo. Th. 645; B. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 2473; An. 1238.
stán-gaderung, e; f. A collection of stones, a wall :-- Stángaderunge maceriae, Ps. Spl. T. 61, 3. Cf. stán-lesung.
stán-geat, es; n. An opening to pass through between stones :-- On stángeat; of stángeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 16.
stán-gedelf, es; n. A stone quarry :-- Tó ðan stángeðelfe; of ðam stángedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 23. Æt ðæm stángedelfe, 366, 18. On ðæt stángedelf, v. 304, 21: vi. 144, 9.
stán-gefeall, es; n. A mass of fallen stones :-- Twá wíf áhýddon ðone lýchaman under myclum stángefealle, Shrn. 152, 4.
stán-gefóg, es; n. A joining of stones in building :-- Ða ðe wyrcan cúðon stángefógum those that could work at putting stones together, Elen. Kmbl. 2039; El. 1021. v. gefóg-stán.
stán-gella, -gilla, an; m. A stone-yeller, a bird whose cry is heard among the rocks (gellan is used of the cry of the hawk, Rä. 25, 3), a pelican :-- Stángella pellicanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 20. Gelíc geworden ic eom ðam stángillan (-gyllan, MS. C.: stánegellan, Ps. Surt.) wéstene similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis, Ps. Spl. T. 101, 7.
stán-getimbre, es; n. A stone building :-- Stángetimbru moenia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 67.
stán-geweorc, es; n. Working in stone, stone-work :-- Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is áræ-acute;red mæ-acute;re cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc.
stán-gripe, es; m. A seizing of stones, stones seized :-- Ðeáh hé stán-greopum (-greótum, Kmbl.) worpod wæ-acute;re though he was stoned with the stones that they seized, Elen. Kmbl. 1645; El. 824.
stán-hege, es; m. A stone fence, a wall :-- Tó hwý tówurpe ðú his stán-hege quid destruxisti maceriam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 79, 13.
stán-hifete. v. stán-híwet.
stán-hípe, an; f. A stone-heap :-- Andlang burhweges tó ðære stán-hýpan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 431, 10.
stán-híwet, es; n. A stone-quarry :-- Stánhýwet lapidicina vel lapidicedum, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 17. Tó ðam stánhifete (-híwete?); of ðam stánhifete (-híwete?) tó ðam héðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 60, 24.
stán-hliþ, es; n. A rocky slope, a rock :-- Mín freónd siteþ under stán-hliðe, Exon. Th. 444, 16; Kl. 48. Bídaþ stánhleoþu streámgewinnes, 384, 11; Rä. 4, 26. Under stánhliðum, Cd. Th. 219, 28; Dan. 61. Stánhleoðum, Elen. Kmbl. 1302; El. 653. Ðás stánhleoþu stormas cnyssaþ, Exon. Th. 292, 18; Wand. 101. Se æðeling hét stormas restan ymb stánhleoðu, Andr. Kmbl. 3152; An. 1579. Æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo, 2467; An. 1235. Ofereode æþelinga bearn steáp stánhliðo, stige nearwe, Beo. Th. 2822; B. 1409.
stán-hof, es; n. A house of stone :-- Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39.
stán-hol, es; n. A hole in rocks :-- Hié (serpents and wild beasts) in stánholum hié selfe dígliaþ saxorum latebris occulta, Nar. 6, 1. Ðá flugon hié in ða wæter and hié ðæ-acute;r in ðám stánholum hýddon, 22, 13. [O. H. Ger. stein-hol spelunca.]
stán-hrycg, es; m. A ridge of rock :-- Swilce betwux stánhricgum quasi inter Scyllam, Hpt. Gl. 529, 22.
stán-hýwet. v. stán-híwet.
stánig, stæ-acute;nig; adj. Stony, rocky :-- Of ðan hæ-acute;ðenan byrgelse on ðone stánigan beorh; of ðan stánigan beorge óð ða heáfda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 454, 2-4. On ðone stánigan weg, vi. 186, 19. On stæ-acute;nig lond in petrosa ... on ða stánige lond supra petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 5, 20. Ðæ-acute;r synd swýðe scearpe wegas and stánige (stánihte, Laud. MS.), Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 32. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on stánigum stówum, Lchdm. i. 102, 3. Stæ-acute;nigum, 212, 9 note: 216, 20 note: 256, 22. [O. H. Ger. steinag(-ig) saxosus, petrosus.]
stániht, stæ-acute;niht, adj. Stony, rocky :-- Wæs seó eorþe tó ðæs heard and tó ðæs stánihte erat tellus durissima et saxosa, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 27. Tó ðære stánehtan dæne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 179, 24. On stánehtan ford, iii. 389, 1. On ðone stánihtan ford, 168, 31. On ðone stánihtan weg, 409, 11. On stæ-acute;nihtum stówum, Lchdm, i. 212, 9. Sume feóllon on stæ-acute;nihte alia ceciderunt in petrosa, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 5. [O. H. Ger. steinaht: Ger. steinicht.]