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

    and see

    uplendisc) oftor ðonne ic beó,
      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.
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