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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ufan-weard

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1 ufan-weard

adj. The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees) :-- Sóna wǽron wit on his heánesse on ðam wealle ufanweardum statim fuimus in summitate ejus (i. e. muri), Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 18. On ðysse dúne ufanweardre in hujus (montis) vertice, 1, 7; S. 478, 25. Ðá gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówunt ufonweardum videmus ab occidente jubare fulgentibus Phebi radiisque percussa arborum cacumina, Nar. 28, 25. [Icel. ofan-verðr. Cf. O. Sax. oban-wardan; adv.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚠᚪᚾ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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