wiþstandan

• wiðstandan, wiðstondan

From wiþ- +‎ standan.

• IPA^(key): /wiθˈstɑn.dɑn/

wiþstandan

1. to stand against, stand in the way of, resist, be a match for
   • Exeter Book, The Wanderer

     Ne mæg werig mod · wyrde wiðstondan,
     ne se hreo hyge · helpe gefremman.

     A weary mind cannot withstand fate,
     nor the worried mind help out.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd.

     Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.

2. to obstruct, prevent, hinder
3. to keep away, be absent

• Middle English: withstanden
  • English: withstand