understandan

• understondan

From Proto-West Germanic *understandan, from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, stand in the midst, understand”), from *under (“between, among”), *standaną (“to stand”). Akin to Old Frisian understanda, understonda (Saterland Frisian unnerstounde), Old High German untarstantan, Old Norse undirstanda (Middle Danish understande). Equivalent to under- +‎ standan.

• IPA^(key): /ˌun.derˈstɑn.dɑn/

understandan (West Saxon)

1. to understand
2. to accept as correct
3. to observe, notice, consider

This verb was used primarily in late West Saxon, and is almost entirely absent in the Anglian dialects. There, other synonyms were preferred, primarily onġietan.

• forstandan
• onġietan

• understandennes
• understanding

• Middle English: understanden, understonden
  • English: understand
  • Scots: understand, onderstand
  • Yola: understhoane