Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ufor

  • adjective
Dictionary links
Grammar
ufor, cpve.: ufemest; spve. adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§108;
Higher; highest
Show examples

  • Ufor

    superius,

    ufemest

    supreme,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Zup. 240, 10.
local,
at or i-s/>to a greater height
Show examples

  • Seó sunne stígþ ufor and ufor,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 27.

  • Saturnus wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol,

    • 36, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 174, 14.

  • Seó sunne is micle ufor (furþor, MS. R.) ðonne se móna,

    • Lchdm. iii. 242, 11.

  • Náþor ne ufor (ufror, MS. R.) ne nyðor,

    • 254, 17: 266, 18.

  • Swá hí ufor férdon,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 548, 15.

  • Gif se ord sié ufor ðonne hindeweard sceaft,

    • L. Alf. pol. 36
      • ;
    • Th. i. 84, 17.

  • Se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 15, 198.
where distance rather than height is marked (cf. to go up country), farther from a coast, from a spot
Show examples

  • Hér fór se here ufor on Fronclond

    in this year the Danes made their way further inland in France,

    • Chr. 881
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 4: Beo. Th. 5895
      • ;
    • B. 2951.

  • Ðá hét ic hí hwæthwega ufor gán

    I bade them retire somewhat from the spot,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 32, 22: i. 70, 35.
of position, higher, at or to a more honourable place
Show examples

  • Lá freónd site ufur

    amice ascende superius,

    • Lk. Skt. 14, 10.
metaphorical, higher
Show examples

  • Hé bið suá micle sél gehiéred suá hé ufor gestent on his lífes geearnungum,

    • Past. 14
      • ;
    • Swt. 81, 17.

  • Nabbaþ hí nán gód ofer ðæt tó sécanne, ne hí nánwuht ne magon ne ufor ne útor findan,

    • Bt. 34, 12
      • ;
    • Fox 154, 16: Exon. Th. 427, 8
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 88.
temporal, later.
Similar entries
v. ufera,
Show examples

  • Fíf nihtum ufor

    five days later,

    • Menol. Fox 355
      • ;
    • Men. 179: 68
      • ;
    • Men. 34.

  • Ðonne ymb .iii. niht gesécæn hiom sǽmend, búton ðam ufor leófre sió ðe ða tihtlan áge

    then after three days let them seek themselves an arbitrator, unless the prosecutor would liever do it later,

    • L. H. E. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 30, 19.
[All þiss icc seȝȝde her uferr mar, Orm. 1715.
Icel. ofarr higher up; of time, later.
]
Linked entries
v.  yfemest uferor.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ufor.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32475.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ufor, adj.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.