Ufan-weard
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ufan-weard
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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.]