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útan

  • preposition
  • adverb
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útan, (-on); adv. prep. A. adv.
from without
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  • Wearð mé on hige leóhte útan and innan,

    • Cd. Th. 42, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 677.

  • Gif ðú wénst ðæt him áhwonan útan cómon ða gód ðe hé hæfþ, ðonne wǽre ðæt þing betere, ðe hit him fram cóme, ðonne hé,

    • Bt. 34, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 136, 26.

  • Ælfréd com útan (úton,

    • MS. E.
    ) mid fierde,

    • Chr. 885
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 23.

  • Ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra ðara ðe ðæt eáland útan sóhte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 56
      • ;
    • An. 28.

  • Curnaþ of eálandum útan kynincgas,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 10: 79, 13.
without, on the outside.
where action, stated or implied, may be thought of as operating on an object from without
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  • Hát wæs him útan wráðlíc wíte,

    • Cd. Th. 23, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 354: 285, 23
      • ;
    • Sat. 342.
with ymb, be, as prepositions or prefixes of verbs
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  • Pontius hæfde ðone consul mid his folce útan befangen,

    • Ors. 3, 10;
    • Swt. 140, 22: Met. 13, 7
      • .

  • Ǽghwilc óþer útan ymbclyppeþ,

    • Met. 11, 35: Exon. Th. 423, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 15.

  • Hí hine útan ymbðringaþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 256
      • ;
    • Sal. 127.
where action takes place outside an object
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  • Hí bedícodon ða burh útan,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 155, 11.

  • Hé ðone búr útan beeode,

    • 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 48, 30.

  • Land belicgan úton,

    • Cd. Th. 15, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 229.

  • Besittaþ hié útan,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 161, 4: Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 93, 9: 918
      • ;
    • Erl. 104, 1.

  • Hié hine ðǽr útan besǽton,

    • 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 92, 23.

  • Ðæt nán neód sý útan tó farenne

    ut non sit necessitas vagandi foris,

    • R. Ben. 127, 7.

  • Se ðe sceal healdan folc útan wið feóndum,

    • Ps. Th. 120, 4.

  • Se fugel ymbseteþ útan líc hálgum stencum,

    • Exon. Th. 212, 3
      • ;
    • Ph. 204.

  • Útan ymbestandne mid unríme þegna,

    • Met. 25, 7.

  • Úton,

    • Bt. 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 3.

  • Cyrican wyrcean ymb ða cyrican útan ðe hé ǽr worhte,

    • Bd. 2, 14
      • ;
    • S. 517, 30.
on the outside, on the surface
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  • Útan (a foris) wlitige, innan fulle deádra bána,

    • Mt. 23, 27: Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 26
      • ;
    • Rún. 13: Blickl. Homl. 197, 11.

  • Ðæt treów biþ úton gescyrped mid ðære rinde,

    • Bt. 34, 10
      • ;
    • Fox 150, 7: Beo. Th. 3011; B. 1503.

  • Úton tó gesett tó trymnesse ðæs húses,

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 544, 35: Exon. Th. 233, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 530.

  • Úton hié wǽron elpendbánum geworhte,

    • Nar. 5, 5: Exon. Th. 474, 31
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 47.

  • Beámas útan ofætes gehlædene,

    • Cd. Th. 30, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 461.

  • On ðysse eorðan útan

    on the face of the earth,

    • Ps. Th. 64, 6.

  • Innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod,

    • Cd. Th. 80, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 1322: Beo. Th. 1552
      • ;
    • B. 774: Exon. Th. 62, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 1005: 219, 2
      • ;
    • Ph. 301.
figuratively, outwardly
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  • Gú ætýwaþ mannum útan (a foris) rihtwíse,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28.

  • Ðeáh hé fæger word útan ætýwe,

    • Fragm. Kmbl. 32
      • ;
    • Leás. 18.
with ymb or be and verbs of motion or rest, about, round
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  • Ðæt hé hine ǽghwonon útan ymbsáwe (cf. behealde hé on feówer healfe,

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 21
    ),

    • Met. 10, 4.

  • Útan behwerfed,

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 35: Met. 13, 77, 78.

  • Hé ǽlce dæg útan ymbhwyrfþ ealne ðisne middaneard,

    • 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 16: Met. 28, 4, 13.

  • Hié ne mehton Súð-Seaxna load útan berówan,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 96, 9.

  • Ætýwdon twégen steorran ymb ða sunnan útan,

    • Bd. 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 645, 23.
out, away from land
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  • Eálond útan,

    • Beo. Th. 4657
      • ;
    • B. 2334.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. útan
:
O. H. Ger. úzán foras, a foris
:
Icel. útan from outside; outside
.]
Similar entries
v. útan-bordes, -landes.
Linked entries
v.  útane úton út-weard.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “útan.” 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/34111.

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