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bufan

  • preposition
  • adverb
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bufan, prep. adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
Add: A. prep.
with dat.
local,
above, at a point higher than
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  • Æteówode leóht bufon ðám apostole,

      Hml. Th. i. 76, 9.

  • Hangaþ bufan þǽm lástum leóhtfæt,

      Bl. H. 127, 28.

  • Hí licgað bufan eorðan on hyra húsum,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 24.

  • Gif se earm bið forad bufan elnbogan,

      Ll. Th. i. 94, 24.

  • Hé ofwearp þone ent bufon ðám eágan,

      Hml. S. 18, 24.
upon
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  • Byrgenne, swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan worhte,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5: 2, 4; S. 74, 19.
of time,
above, more than
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  • Fram ánum mónðe and bufan þám,

      Num. 3, 15.
with acc.
above, to a point higher than
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  • Hé up gewít bufan þá wolcnu,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 5.

  • Tugon hié hrægl bufan cneów,

      Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.
upon
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  • Lege míne tunecan bufon ðǽra deádra líc,

      Hml. Th. i. 72, 33.
  • B. adv. of previous mention :---

  • Swá hit bufan hér áwriten is,

      Chr. 1052; P. 173, 21.
  • Þæs gemynd ic dyde ǽr feorr bufan. Gr. D. 86, 20.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bufan.” 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/41087.

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  • bufan, prep.; adv.

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