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uppan

  • preposition
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Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.
Wright's OE grammar
§558; §559;
dat.
where there is rest or motion on a surface, upon, on
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  • Moises wæs lange uppan ðam munte,

    • Ex. 32, 1.

  • Gá uppan Sinai dúne and stand uppan ðære ðúne ufeweardre. Ne cume nán mann uppan ðære dúne,

    • 34, 2-3.

  • Hé bæd æt Gode ðæt hé him sealde wæter uppan ðære dúne,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 19, 112.

  • Geoffra hyne uppon ánre dúne

    offeres eum in holocaustum super unum montium,

      Gen. 22, 2.

  • Hé ætstód uppon ánum beáme,

    • Chr. 978;
    • Erl. 127, 11.

  • Hé rít uppan tamre assene

    sedens super asinam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.

  • Ðá wearð Eustatius uppon his horse and his gefeóran uppon heora

    Eustace got on his horse and his companions on theirs,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 177, 38.

  • Hé bær his tunecan, and áléde uppon ðám twám deádum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 74, 2.

  • Ðú byst uppan lande oftor ðonne ic beó,

    (up country, in rural districts; cf. Chaucer's 'poure persoun dwellyng uppon londe' and see uplendisc).

    • Engl. Stud. viii, 62, 9
      • ,

  • To ǽlcen cyrcean uppe land,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 223, 36.
marking relative height, above
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  • Him uppan wæs ród árǽred,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1768
      • ;
    • El. 886.

  • Ðonne bist ðú ofer uppan rodere (cf. ðonne bist ðú bufan ðam rodore,

    • Bt. 36, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 174, 15
    ),

    • Met. 24. 27.
of time (the case is doubtful in some instances),
upon, at
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  • Hé Ansealme uppon Pentecosten his pallium geaf,

    • Chr. 1095
      • ;
    • Erl. 232, 30.

  • Uppon Sce Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra,

    • 1097
      • ;
    • Erl. 234, 9, 19, 32.
after
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  • Ðys sceal on Sunnandæg feówertýne nyht uppan Eástron,

    • Jn. Skt. 10, 11 rubc
      • .

  • On ðisum geáre wǽron Eástron on viii kal. Apr., and ðá uppon Eástron on Sce Ambrosius mæsseniht, ðæt is .ii. non. Apr....,

    • Chr. 1095
      • ;
    • Erl. 231, 17.
marking object of attack
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  • Ða hǽðenan men hergodan uppon ðám Xpenan mannan,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 223, 11.
marking ground of trust, upon trust, honour, etc.
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  • Se cyng him náþer nolde ne gíslas syllan ne uppon trýwðan geunnon ðæt hé mid griðe cumon móste and faran,

    • Chr, 1095;
    • Erl. 231, 24.
acc.
where there is motion on to a surface, upon, on to
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  • Ðú gítst ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod

    fundes sanguinem super altare,

    • Ex. 29, 20: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 7.

  • Se ðe fylð uppan ðysne stán,

    • 21, 44.
of time. v. I. 3.
marking object of attack, upon, against
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  • Hé fór uppon heora bróðer and uppon ðone earl wann,

    • Chr. 1095;
    • Erl. 231, 8-10.

  • Se cyng his fyrde beád, and uppon ðone earl tó Norðhymbran fór,

    • Erl. 231, 26.

  • Heora ǽgðer uppon óderne túnas bærnde,

    • 1094
      • ;
    • Erl. 230, 12.

  • Hí ealne ðone bryce uppon ðone cyng tealdon

    they laid all blame for the breach upon the king,

    • Erl. 230, 4.
marking addition
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  • Ða bodan cýddon ðæt his bróðer grið and forewarde eall æftercwæð, bútan se cyng gelǽstan nolde eall þet hí on forewarde hæfdon ǽr gewroht, and uppon ðæt (in addition to that, on the top of that) hine forsworenne clypode, búton he ða forewarde geheólde,

    • Chr. 1094
      • ;
    • Erl. 229, 31.
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. Laym. A. R. O. and N. uppen
:
O. Sax. uppan
:
O. Frs. uppa
:
O. H. Ger. úfan
.]
Similar entries
v. on-, þǽr-uppan.
Linked entries
v.  on-uppan uppon.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “uppan.” 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/34071.

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