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ufenan

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Grammar
ufenan, adv.
From above
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  • Se ðe ufenan com

    qui desursum uenit,

    • Jn. Skt. 3, 31.
  • Hé déð ðæt fýr cymð ufenon,

    • Wulfst. 97, 21 note.
  • Seó landfyrd com ufenon and trymedon big be ðam strande,

    • Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • Erl. 184, 24.
Grammar
ufenan, prep. with acc.
Above, besides
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  • Ufenan eall ðis

    insuper,

    • Dom. L. 10, 144: 18, 271.
  • Ufenon eal ðis,

    • 14, 212.
  • Hé ða bóc hire tó lét..., and ufenan ðæt hire áð sealde,

    • Chart. Th. 203, 1.
  • ¶ Þǽr on ufenan

    thereupon

    :
  • -- Hé cwæð, ðæt án culfre him fluge wið ðæt heáfod, swilce heó ðær on ufenan settan wolde,

    • Homl. Ass. 198, 112.
Etymology
[Þe munt þe Vther wes ufenan (þar Vther lay ouenan, 2nd MS.),
  • Laym. 18337
. Swá deð ælc witer mon þa neode cumeð uuenan,
  • 28501
. He smat hire uuenen (ouenon, 2nd MS.), þat hæued,
  • 18090
. Þe eotend smat þer an ouenan (ouenan, 2nd MS.),
  • 26051
. He smat in enne stane þer Locrin stod vuenan,
  • 2314
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O. H. Ger. obenan
.]
Linked entries
v.  þǽr-onufenan þǽr-onufenan.
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  • ufenan, prep.; adv.