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. III. pl. eóred-geatwe þe ge þær on standað (the warlike accoutrements wherein ye there stand), [2867]; inf. ge-seah ... orcas stondan (saw vessels standing), [2761]; pret. sg. ät hýðe stôd hringed-stefna (in the harbor stood the curved-prowed?, metal-covered?, ship), [32]; stôd on stapole (stood near the [middle] column), [927]; so, [1914], [2546]; þät him on aldre stôd here-stræl hearda (that the sharp war-arrow stood in his vitals), [1435]; so, [2680]; pl. gâras stôdon ... samod ät-gädere (the spears stood together), [328]; him big stôdan bunan and orcas (by him stood cans and pots), [3048]. Also of still water: pres. sg. III. nis þät feor heonon ... þät se mere standeð, [1363].—2) with predicate adj., to stand, continue in a certain state: subj. pres. þät þes sele stande ... rinca ge-hwylcum îdel and unnyt (that this hall stands empty and useless for every warrior), [411]; inf. hord-wynne fand eald uht-sceaða opene standan, [2272]; pret. sg. ôð þät îdel stôd hûsa sêlest, [145]; so, [936]; wäter under stôd dreórig and ge-drêfed, 1418—3) to belong or attach to; issue: pret. sg. Norð-Denum stôd atelîc egesa (great terror clung to, overcame, the North Danes), [784]; þâra ânum stôd sadol searwum fâh (on one of the steeds lay an ingeniously-inlaid saddle), [1038]; byrne-leóma eldum on andan (burning light stood forth, a horror to men), [2314]; leóht inne stôd (a light stood in it, i.e. the sword), [1571]; him of eágum stôd ... leóht unfäger (an uncanny light issued from his eyes), [727]; so, þät [fram] þam gyste [gryre-] brôga stôd, [2229].
â-standan, to stand up, arise: pret. sg. â-stôd, [760], [1557], [2093].
ät-standan, to stand at, near, or in: pret. sg. þät hit (i.e. þät swurd) on wealle ät-stôd, [892].
for-standan, to stand against or before, hence: 1) to hinder, prevent: pret. sg. (breóst-net) wið ord and wið ecge in-gang for-stôd (the shirt of mail prevented point or edge from entering), [1550]; subj. nefne him witig god wyrd for-stôde (if the wise God had not warded off such a fate from them, i.e. the men threatened by Grendel), [1057].—2) defend, w. dat. of person against whom: inf. þät he ... mihte heáðo-lîðendum hord for-standan, bearn and brýde (that he might protect his treasure, his children, and his spouse from the sea-farers), [2956].
ge-standan, intrans., to stand: pret. sg. ge-stôd, [358], [404], [2567]; pl. nealles him on heápe hand-gesteallan ... ymbe gestôdon (not at all did his boon-companions stand serried around him), [2597].
[stapa], w. m., stepper, strider: in comp. hæð-, mearc-stapa.
[stapan], st. v., to step, stride, go forward: pret. sg. eorl furður stôp, [762]; gum-fêða stop lind-häbbendra (the troop of shield-warriors strode on), [1402].
ät-stapan, to stride up or to: pret. sg. forð neár ät-stôp (strode up nearer), [746].
ge-stapan, to walk, stride: pret. sg. he to forð gestôp dyrnan cräfte, dracan heáfde neáh (he, i.e. the man that robbed the dragon of the vessel, had through hidden craft come too near the dragon's head), [2290].