[UP- 4. Cf. OS. upstandan, WFris. opstean, MDu. opstaen (Du. opstaan), MLG. upstân, MHG. ûfstán, -stên (G. aufstehen), MSw. upstanda, op(p)sta (Sw. uppstå), MDa. opstande, opsta (Da. opstaa).]
† 1. intr. To stand erect or upright. Obs.
c. 1205. Lay., 1650. Þa þe castel vp-stod he wes strong & swiðe god.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3247. Ðe water up-stod … On twinne half, also a wal up-riȝt.
c. 1340. Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 4762. Þe se sal ryse,… And in his stede even upstande, Als an heghe hille dus on þe lande.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., III. 310. A dight vine in prouyntial manere That lyke a busshe vpstont.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, IX. v. 50. O kyndly goddis … Vndre quhais myghtis all tyme Troy vpstandis.
1552. Lyndesay, Monarche, 5465. The sey … sall nocht spred ouir the land, Bot, lyke ane wall, ewin straycht vpstand.
2. To rise to one’s feet: to stand up. Also fig.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter ii. 2. Vpstode kinges of þe land, Ogaine þair lauerd þai come on ane.
13[?]. Guy Warw. (A.), 1599. When he of swoning vp stod, His feren he biheld wiþ drery mod.
a. 1400. Isumbras, 324. Whenne the wounded knyght myght up-stande,… Wepande awaye went hee.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XI. vii. 93. Ane Drances tho vpstud, and speke began.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., IV. vi. 23. But die or liue for nought he would vpstand.
1653. Milton, Psalm ii. 2. Why do … the Kings of th’ earth upstand With power? Ibid. (1667), P. L., VI. 446. In th’ assembly next upstood Nisroc.
1791. Cowper, Yardley Oak, 173. The father of us all,… moulded by his Maker into man At once, upstood intelligent.
1896. in Westm. Gaz., 27 May, 6/1. With all dignity … Alexandra Feodorovna upstood from her throne.
3. fig. To stand up for something. rare–1.
1722. W. Hamilton, Wallace, IX. i. (1816), 154. In the defence of righteous royal blood, For which thou always loyally upstood.
