"forstand" meaning in Scots

See forstand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tae forstand [canonical]
Etymology: From Middle English forstanden, from Old English forstandan (“to defend, understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand, oppose”), equivalent to for- + stand. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|forstanden}} Middle English forstanden, {{inh|sco|ang|forstandan||to defend, understand}} Old English forstandan (“to defend, understand”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*frastandan|t=to understand, oppose}} Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand, oppose”), {{prefix|sco|for|stand}} for- + stand Head templates: {{head|sco|verb|head=tae forstand}} tae forstand
  1. To withstand, resist
    Sense id: en-forstand-sco-verb-~cLWgBqo
  2. To understand
    Sense id: en-forstand-sco-verb-82L8VAn1 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Scots terms prefixed with for-: 37 63
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