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ufan-weard

  • adjective
  • adverb
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ufan-weard, adj.
The word may be translated by top of (the noun with which it agrees)
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  • 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.
Etymology
[
Icel. ofan-verðr.
Cf.
O. Sax. oƀan-wardan; adv.
]
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v. ufe-weard.
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  • ufan-weard, adj.; adv.