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. stapol, st. m., (=[Greek: básis]), _trunk of a tree_; hence, _support, pillar, column_: dat. sg. stôd on stapole (_stood by_ or _near the wooden middle column of Heorot_), 927; instr. pl. þâ stân-bogan stapulum fäste (_the arches of stone upheld by pillars_), 2719. See Note. starian, w. v., _to stare, look intently at_: pres. sg. I. þät ic on þone hafelan ... eágum starige (_that I see the head with my eyes_), 1782; þâra frätwa ... þe ic her on starie (_for the treasures ... that I here look upon_), 2797; III. þonne he on þät sine starað, 1486; sg. for pl. þâra þe on swylc starað, 997; pret. sg. þät (sin-freá) hire an däges eágum starede, 1936; pl. on mere staredon, 1604. stân, st. m., 1) _stone_: in comp. eorclan-stân.--2) _rock_: acc. sg. under (ofer) hârne stân, 888, 1416, 2554, 2745; dat. sg. stâne, 2289, 2558. stân-beorh, st. m., _rocky elevation, stony mountain_: acc. sg. stân-beorh steápne, 2214. stân-boga, w. m., _stone arch, arch hewn out of the rock_: dat. sg. stân-bogan, 2546; nom. pl. stân-bogan, 2719. stân-clif, st. n., _rocky cliff_: acc. pl. stân-cleofu, 2541. stân-fâh, adj., _stone-laid, paved with stones of different colors_: nom. sg. stræt wäs stân-fâh (_the street was of different colored stones_), 320. stân-hlið, st. n., _rocky slope_: acc. pl. stân-hliðo, 1410. stäf, st. m.: 1) _staff_: in comp. rûn-staf.--2) _elementum_: in comp. âr-, ende-, fâcen-stäf.