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up-áhafenness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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up-áhafenness, e; f.
Uplifting, elevation.
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  • Upáhafenes handa mínra

    eleuatio manuum mearum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 140, 2.

  • Seó symbelnyss ðære hálgan róde upáhefennysse,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 399.
metaphorical,
exaltation
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  • Drihten ys mín upáhafenys

    Dominus exaltatio mea,

    • Ex. 17, 15.

  • His mód bið áfédd mid ðære smeáunga ðære wilnunga óðerra monna hiérnesse and his selfes upáhæfenesse,

    • Past. 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 55, 6.
exultation
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  • Welerum upáhafennysse

    labiis exultationis,

    • Ps. Spl. 62, 6.
arrogance, pride
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  • Hwæt is ðonne forcúðre ðonne sió upáhæfennes (-hæfenes,

    • Hatt. MS.
    )? ... Hwæt mæg hiérre bión ðonne sió sóðe eáðmódnes?

    quid elatione dejectius ... Quid humilitate sublimius?

    • Past. 41
      • ;
    • Swt. 300, 18.

  • Ðá wæs gehroren sió upáhæfenes Paulus,... and sóna æfter ðæm hryre ðære upáhaefennesse hé ongan timbran eáðmódnesse,

    • 58
      • ;
    • Swt. 443, 29.

  • Hér is úres módes upáhafennes; ac ðǽr is ðære þýstro dymnes,

    • L. E. I. proem.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 394, 12.

  • Élc upáhafenes

    omnis arrogans (cf.

    • 242
    ),

      Kent. Gl. 547.

  • Ðonne ðæt mód ðenceþ gegrípan him tó upáhæfenesse (-hef-,

    • Hatt. MS.
    ) ða eáðmódnesse,

    • Past. 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 54, 12.

  • For gilpe and for upáhafenesse

    elationis intentione,

    • 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 55, 21.

  • For his (Haman) upáhafennysse,

    • Homl. Ass. 96, 135.

  • Ða upáhafenesse (Nebuchadnezzar's) God getǽlde,

    • Past. 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 39, 20.

  • Upáhefenysse

    insolentiam, superbiam,

    • Hpt. Gl. 526, 73.
Similar entries
v. up-áhefedness, -hefness.
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v.  á-hafenness up-áhefedness up-hafenness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “up-áhafenness.” 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/34035.

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