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up-heáh

  • adjective
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Grammar
up-heáh, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§590;
tall, lofty
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  • Wæs hé .x. fóta upheáh

    pedum non amplius decem statura altior,

      Nar. 26, 28.
  • Ða trió meahte beón hundteóntiges fóta upheáh

    he pedum centum alte erant arbores,

      27, 28.
  • Sindon dúna upheá,

      Exon. Th. 443, 15; Kl. 30.
  • Wǽron hié swá greáte swá columnan, ge eác sume uphýrran (

    proceriores

    ),
      Nar. 14, 5.
fig.
lofty, noble
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  • Ealle upheá and æðele bearn

    filii excelsi omnes,

      Ps. Th. 81, 6.
upright
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  • Ðá genam Sanctus Martinus hine be his handa and upheáh árǽrde,

      Blickl. Homl. 219, 20.
  • Ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ upheáh tó standanne,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 22.
Etymology
[Icel. upp-hár high, tall.]
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v. up-lang.
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v.  up-lang.
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  • up-heáh, adj.