Old English · verb

understandan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class VI
IPA: /ˌun.derˈstɑn.dɑn/
Syllables: ˌun · der · ˈstɑn · dɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English: understand understan unnerstan unnerstand notice

Meaning

to understand

c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA8De Anno (On the Year)]

Now, you might understand that the person who goes around a single house has a smaller circuit than the one who goes around the whole city.
to accept as correct
to observe, notice, consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of understandan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	understande	understōd
2nd singular	understenst understentst	understōde
3rd singular	understent	understōd
Plural	understandaþ	understōdon
Subjunctive
Singular	understande	understōde
Plural	understanden	understōden

Non-finite forms of understandan
	Form
Infinitive	understandan
Inflected infinitive	understandenne
Imperative singular	understand
Imperative plural	understandaþ
Present participle	understandende
Past participle	understanden

Etymology

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.

Descendants

understan, understand, unnerstan, unnerstand

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