Uppe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Uppe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: up, I. a 1 :-- Gif hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th, i. 286, 8. Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápie, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 11. Wǽron ða men uppe on londe of ágáne, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 24.

Definitions

1 uppe

adv. I. up, above, on high :-- Ðǽh hé uppe seó, Cal. Th. 281, 2; Sat. 265. Salte sǽstreámas and swegl uppe, Andr. Kmbl. 1498; An. 750. Hræfn uppe gól, Elen. Kmbl. 104; El. 52. Uppe ofer rodere (cf. bufan ðam rodore, Bt. 33. 4; Fox 130, 15), Met. 20, 124. Wearð ætýwed uppe on roderum steorra on staðole, Chr. 978; Erl. 126, 23. Hé geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him on eorðan. Óðer ende wæs uppe on hefenum, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 19. Saul hine wolde sécean uppe on ðæm munte, 28; Swt. 197, 13. Wǽron ða lác forbærndu uppe on ðæm altere, 33; Swt. 232, 24. Uppe on ðam eaxlegespanne, Rood Kmbl. 17; Kr. 9. Fugel uppe sceal lácan on lyfte, Menol. Fox 536; Gn. C. 38. Mynster tó timbrianne on heánum mórum uppe (in montibus arduis ac remotis), Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 20. I a. referring to heavenly bodies, up :-- Óþ ðæt sunne uppe sié, Lchdm. ii. 346, 22. Næs se móna ðágyt uppe quum luna erat oritura, Nar. 29, 22. On winterlícre tíde hí (the Pleiades) beóð on niht uppe and on ðæg ádúne, Lchdm. iii. 272, 2. I b. where there is motion from the sea up to the land. I c. marking arrival. when the king learned that the Danes had appeared upon the scene, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 13. I d. referring to heaven :-- Hí wiston Drihten écne uppe, Cd. Th. 227, 31; Dan. 195. Eádige ðǽr uppe sittaþ, 305, 16; Sat. 647. Ys úre se hálga God on heofondreáme uppe mid englum Deus noster in coelo sursum, Ps. Th. 113, 11: Cd. Th. 273, 25; Sat. 142: Exon. Th. 24, 19; Cri. 387: 239, 30; Ph. 629: Fragm. Kmbl. 86; Leás. 45. Wé mid englum uppe wǽron, Cd. Th. 289, 2; Sat. 391. Ne uppe on heofone ne niðer on eorðan neque in coelo sursum nec in terra deorsum, Deut. 4, 39, Wé syngodon uppe on earde, Cd. Th. 279, 1; Sat. 231. Uppe on roderum mid englum, Exon. Th. 90, 4; Cri. 1468: Hy. 3, 30. II. marking discovery. III. marking effectual action. (Cf. Icel. uppi vera to take place.) :-- Ðara ðe wile ánra hwylc uppe bringan (bring it to pass), ðæt ðú ðære gyldnan gesihst Hierusalem weallas blícan, Salm. Kmhl. 466; Sal. 233. [Her uppe, Orm. 1169. ] Þer uppe, A. R. 94, 12. Uppe on, O. E. Homl. i. 5, 2: Laym. 17495. O. Sax. uppa (-e), thár uppa an: Icel. uppi, uppi á, uppi í.] uppe

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