Obs. rare. [f. the vb.]
1. Understanding; knowledge.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 9326. ‘Ne i herd neuer,’ he said, ‘in land Men sua herd of vnder-stand.’
1444. Extr. Aberd. Rec. (1844), I. 10. It was cum til his vnderstand that Marioune … hes complaynit to the lorde of Erole that [etc.].
2. Support, basis.
1580–90. J. Stewart, Poems (S.T.S.), II. 149. Flie Sir, from sic, and lerne to vnderstand. Stand quhair ȝe vill, firm be ȝour vnderstand.
