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uppe

  • adverb
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Grammar
uppe, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§558;
up, above, on high
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  • Ðǽh hé uppe seó,

    • Cal. Th. 281, 2;
    • Sat. 265.

  • Salte sǽstreámas and swegl uppe,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1498;
    • An. 750.

  • Hræfn uppe gól,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 104;
    • El. 52.

  • Uppe ofer rodere (cf. bufan ðam rodore

    • Bt. 33. 4
      • ;
    • Fox 130, 15
    ),

    • Met. 20, 124.

  • Wearð ætýwed uppe on roderum steorra on staðole,

    • Chr. 978
      • ;
    • Erl. 126, 23.

  • Hé geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him on eorðan. Óðer ende wæs uppe on hefenum,

    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 101, 19.

  • Saul hine wolde sécean uppe on ðæm munte,

      28; Swt. 197, 13.

  • Wǽron ða lác forbærndu uppe on ðæm altere,

    • 33; Swt. 232, 24.

  • Uppe on ðam eaxlegespanne,

    • Rood Kmbl. 17;
    • Kr. 9.

  • Fugel uppe sceal lácan on lyfte,

    • Menol. Fox 536;
    • Gn. C. 38.

  • Mynster tó timbrianne on heánum mórum uppe

    (in montibus arduis ac remotis),

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 20.
referring to heavenly bodies, up
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  • Óþ ðæt sunne uppe sié,

    • Lchdm. ii. 346, 22.

  • Næs se móna ðágyt uppe

    quum luna erat oritura,

    • Nar. 29, 22.

  • On winterlícre tíde hí (the Pleiades) beóð on niht uppe and on ðæg ádúne,

      Lchdm. iii. 272, 2.
where there is motion from the sea up to the land.
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v. up, I
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  • Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe,

    • L. Eth. ii. 3;
    • Th, i. 286, 8.

  • Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápie,

    • L. In. 25
      • ;
    • Th. i. 118, 11.

  • Wǽron ða men uppe on londe of ágáne,

    • Chr. 897;
    • Erl. 95, 24.
marking arrival,
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v. up, I
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  • Dá se cyng geáxode ðæt se here uppe wæs

    when the king learned that the Danes had appeared upon the scene,

      Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 13.
referring to heaven
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  • Híí Eádige ðǽr uppe sittaþ,

    • 305, 16;
    • Sat. 647.

  • Ys úre se hálga God on heofondreáme uppe mid englum

    Deus noster in coelo sursum,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 11: Cd. Th. 273, 25
      • ;
    • Sat. 142: Exon. Th. 24, 19;
    • Cri. 387: 239, 30; Ph. 629: Fragm. Kmbl. 86;
    • Leás. 45.

  • Wé mid englum uppe wǽron,

    • Cd. Th. 289, 2
      • ;
    • Sat. 391.

  • Ne uppe on heofone ne niðer on eorðan

    neque in coelo sursum nec in terra deorsum,

    • Deut. 4, 39,

  • Wé syngodon uppe on earde,

    • Cd. Th. 279, 1;
    • Sat. 231.

  • Uppeon roderum mid englum,

    • Exon. Th. 90, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 1468: Hy. 3, 30.
marking discovery,
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v. yppan
,
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  • Hé hí gemartirode swá hé dyrnlícost mihte, and hé geðóht hæfde ðæt hí ðǽr nǽfre uppe ne wurdan, ac ðurh Godes mihte hí ðanon gecýdde wurdon,

    • Lchdm. iii. 424, 31.
marking effectual action (Cf. Icel. uppi vera to take place.)
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  • Ðara ðe wile ánra hwylc uppe bringan (bring it to pass) ðæt ðú ðære gyldnan gesihst Hierusalem weallas blícan,

    • Salm. Kmhl. 466
      • ;
    • Sal. 233.
Etymology
[ Her uppe,
  • Orm. 1169.
Þer uppe,
  • A. R. 94, 12.
Uppe on,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 5, 2: Laym. 17495.
O. Sax. uppa (-e), thár uppa an
:
Icel. uppi, uppi á, uppi í
.]
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v.  up.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “uppe.” 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/34073.

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