forstand

verb2

1. •
   (dialect, UK) To understand; comprehend.

   • How can I forstand your Professors, when they dinna forstand themselves. — 1878
2. •
   To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand.

   • "As he would more of them had not wise God, Wierd forstood him, and the man's courage." — 1849