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Thread #92012   Message #1754305
Posted By: Peace
06-Jun-06 - 02:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Stond Horse + The Merry Nightingale
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the stond horse (?)
I think it might be verb transitivity. The song was from the early 1600s and the word is a carry-over.

"Stond wel, Moder, Ounder Rode"

The above title listed as a title of and Old/Middle English work indicates that it is a form of the verb 'to stand'.