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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lestand, ppl. a. (f. Lest v.¹: cf. early ME. lestende (a 1226), -inde, ME. lastand (Manning), -ing. Cf. also Lesting.]

1. Of processes, states, conditions, etc.: Continuing, enduring; of long continuance, permanent, perpetual. Also lang-lestan(d, Lang adv. 1 b. a1400 Leg. S. xiii. 14.
That he … Vald … put in-to wryte & thare in lestand mynd lef it c1420 Wynt. v. 1204.
Fra thine Saynt Gregor ay In till lestand langure lay And in paynys till his endyng c 1423 (1431) Reg. Great S. 45/1.
At thai [children] will haf in mynde how we made our lyffyng les in our tyme for lestand profyt to thaim ?1438 Alex. ii. 2528.
Quhilk thre thingis are maist sufficiand To lele lufe and to hald lestand 1456 Hay II. 79/17.
That makis him till have durable lordeschip and lestand regne Ib. 118/33.
Gif he will have lestand hele a1500 Henr. Fab. 1940.
In this warld thair is na thing lestand a1500 Bernardus 404.
[They] Quhillk mary thane bot for thar gud and ger, Qwhen that is gane thar is bot lestande wer c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1464.
Bot thir luiferis met never agane, Quhilk wes to thame ane lestand pane 1565 Reg. Privy C. I. 334.
Quhilk actis … to be … insert in the bukis of hir secreit counsall to lestand memorie 1579 Ib. III. 152.
To the lestand weill of thame and thair posteritie

b. Everlasting, eternal. Also said of God. Also Ay-lestand, Everlestand.Common in Leg. S.(1) 1375 Barb. xvi 534.
Till hevynnis blis Quhar alway lestand loving is! a1400 Leg. S. ii. 250.
Fare well, dowchtir of lestand hele Ib. iii. 635.
Thi lestand dampnacione Ib. xxvii. 1263.
For to wyne lestand remede Till our sawlis Ib. ii. 308, 859, iii. 500, 642, vi. 328, etc. c1420 Wynt. v. 5459.
Redemyd … Fra the lestand pyne off hell a1450 Fifteen Ois 70.
Grant me the leifand lif lestand 1461 Liber Plusc. I. 385.
Lestand joy or payn perpetuelle 1567 G. Ball. 165.
To lestand gloir eternallie a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxxiv. 34.
Maist fule is he That for the plesour of the caryoun Causis the saull to tyne the lestand blis(2) 1381 Douglas Chart. 29.
Till al that thir lettres herys or seys, … gretyng in God lestand c1400 Troy-bk. i. 529.
The lestande Gode of mytht

2. ? Of a building: Permanent, not temporary. 1520 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 174.
And Villiem … sal rest in the sydwalof pane and first and ane sufficient rest to his ribbis in the sydwal gif he … makis ane lestand fal [pr. lest and sal] vattertable