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ufan

  • adverb
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Grammar
ufan, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§108; §446; §558;
from above, down,
where motion is expressed or implied
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  • God him sende ufan greáte hagolstánas

    Dominus misit super eos lapides magnos de coelo,

    • Jos. 10, 11: Blickl. Homl. 51, 12.
  • Him feóll ufan flǽsc

    pluit super eos carnes,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 27.
  • Seó lyft týhð ðone wǽtan tó hyre neoðan and ða hǽtan ufon,

    • Lchdm. iii. 280, 3.
  • Ic eom engel Godes ufan síþende,

    • Exon. Th. 258, 7
    • ;
    • Jul. 261.
  • Hine ufan neósade Meotud,

    • 159, 24
    • ;
    • Gú. 931: Beo. Th. 3005
    • ;
    • B. 1500.
  • Se ðe ufa cuom

    qui desursum uenit,

    • Jn. Skt. 3, 31.
  • Se Hálga Gást cumeþ ufan on ðé,

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 35.
  • Ic on andwlitan sígan lǽte wællregn ufan wídre eorðan,

    • Cd. Th. 81, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 1350.
  • Hé ða eágan þurheteþ ufon on ðæt heáfod

    it eats its way through the eyes down into the head,

    • Exon. Th. 374, 7
    • ;
    • Seel. 122.
  • Ic férde tó foldan ufan from éðle,

    • Cd. Th. 296, 2
    • ;
    • Sat. 496.
  • Hí feóllon ufon of heofonum,

    • 20, 11
    • ;
    • Gen. 308.
  • Ufan cumende of heánisse

    oriens ex alto,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 40: Cd. Th. 248, 7
    • ;
    • Dan. 509.
  • Of roderum ufan onsended,

    • 237, 14
    • ;
    • Dan. 337: Exon. Th. 368, 20
    • ;
    • Seel. 27.
where an action is directed from a higherto a lower point
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  • Seó sunne lócaþ ufan on helle,

    • Salm. Kmbl. p. 200, 2.
  • Ufan engla sum cýgde ... ufan of roderum wuldergást mǽlde,

    • Cd. Th. 176, 7-16
    • ;
    • Gen. 2908-2911.
  • Ðæt eów ne bið ufan álýfed,

    • Exon. Th. 138, 31
    • ;
    • Gú. 584.
  • Ámet ufan tó grunde

    measure front top to bottom,

    • Cd. Th. 309, 2
    • ;
    • Sat. 703.
  • Godwebba cyst ufan eall forbærst,

    • Exon. Th. 70, 13
    • ;
    • Cri. 1138.
marking position, above, at the top
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  • Synd ðǽr þrý porticas ... fægere ufan oferworhte and oferhrýfde. Seó cyrice is ufan open ... and þeáh ðe ðæt hús ufan open sý, hweþre hit biþ á þurh Godes gife ufan wiþ ǽghwilc ungewidro gescylded,... and nǽfre nǽnig man ða lǽstas ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 24-35: 19, 27: Exon. Th. 219, 17
    • ;
    • Ph. 308: 446, 14
    • ;
    • Dóm. 22.
  • Æscholt utan gǽg,

    • Beo. Th. 665
    • ;
    • B. 330.
  • Hæfdon hí Dryhtnes leóht ufan ( above, in heaven ) forléten,

    • Cd. Th. 269, 7
    • ;
    • Sat. 69.
  • Hér is fýr micel ufan and neoðone,

    • 24, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 375.
  • On ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh ge ufan ge neoþon,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 130, 23.
  • ¶ Associated with prepositions :
  • -- Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum ufan óþrum steorrum,

    • Met. 24, 24.
  • On ðám ufan stódon scyttan,

    • Nar. 4, 15.
  • On ðam seáðe ufan hé hús getimbrode,

    • Guthl. 4
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 26, 9.
  • Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan,

    • Bd. 3, 2
    • ;
    • S. 525, 2.
Etymology
[
Icel. ofan from above; ofan á upon
:
O. Sax. bi-oƀan.
]
Similar entries
v. be-, on-ufan; ufane, ufenan.
Linked entries
v.  on-ufan ufan ufon.
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  • ufan, adv.