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on-ufan

  • preposition
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on-ufan, prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
with dat. adv.
of place,
upon, on
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  • Ðæt preóst ne mæssige búton onufan gehálgodon weofode,

      L. Edg. C. 31; Th. ii. 250, 22.
  • Ða forwurdon ðe him (

    the elephant

    ) onufan wǽron,
      Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 13.
  • Ða men ðe him onufan gáþ,

      Lk. Skt. ii. 44.
  • Hí ðone Hǽlend onufan setton,

      19, 35.
of time,
beyond, after
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  • Fór Eádweard cyning onufan hærfest,

      Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 1.
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v. ufan.
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