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ufe-weard

  • adjective
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ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.
local, upper; generally may be translated by upper part of (the noun which it qualifies); used substantively, upper part
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  • Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard

    the lower and upper parts of the neck are green,

    • Exon. Th. 218, 23
      • ;
    • Ph. 299.

  • Ufeweard swer

    epistilia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 29.

  • Ufeweard eáre

    pinnula,

    • i. 282, 62.

  • Ufweard eáre,

    • 43, 15.

  • Uleweard lippa

    labium,

    niðera lippe

    labrum,

    • 43, 24-5.

  • Ufeweard exle ðæs æftran dǽles

    ola,

    • 43, 46.

  • Eal ufweard nosu

    columna,

    • 43, 18.

  • Up tó ánre dúne tó ufeweardum ðam cnolle

    ad verticem montis,

    • Jud. 26, 3.

  • Ða eágan bióð on ðam líchoman foreweardum and ufeweardum

    oculi sunt in ipsa honoris summi facie positi,

    • Past. 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 29, 13.

  • Þreó stódon æt ufeweardum ðæm múðan,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 95, 23.

  • Fram his hnolle ufewerdan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 452, 26.

  • Hé geseah Drihten on ufeweardre ðære hlǽdre

    vidit Dominum innixum scalae,

    • Gen. 28, 13.

  • Seó stów is on Oliuetes dúne ufeweardre,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 19.

  • Fram ufeweardon óð nyþeweard

    a summo usque deorsum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 51: Mk. Skt. 15, 38.

  • On ufeweardum

    at the top.

    • Gen. 6, 16.

  • On ufeweardan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 536, 9.

  • Fram ufeweardan óð neoþeweardan,

    • ii. 496, 26.

  • Bútan ðam heáfde ufweardum

    except the upper part of the head,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 18, 353.

  • Of ufeweardum bergum

    de vertice,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 74.

  • Se móna gehrán mid his scíman ðǽm triówum ufeweardum,

    • Nar. 30, 8.
temporal, later, latter part of a time.
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v. ufera, II
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  • On foreweardne sumor and eft on ufeweardne hærfest

    in the early part of the summer and again in the latter part of autumn,

    • Chr. 913
      • ;
    • Th. i. 186, col. 2.
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v.  ofe-weard ufan-weard uf-weard.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ufe-weard.” 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/32473.

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