upo', prep. In later use Sc. and north. dial.
(ʌˈpəʊ)
Forms: 3, 5, 9 dial. uppo, 3, 8 Sc. upo (3–4 up-o, 4 opo), 5 vpo; 8– Sc. and dial. upo' (9 Sc. apo').
[f. up adv.2 + o, o', prep.1 Cf. upon prep.]
= upon prep., in various senses.
| c 1200 Ormin 11959 Þe deofell brohhte Jesu Crist Wiþþutenn o þe temmple Upponn an sæte uppo þe rof. c 1230 Hali Meid. 37 And eauer habben sar care,..& bringe on his moder sorhe up-o sorhe. c 1300 Havelok 2596 Helpes me and yu-self baþe, And slos up-o þe dogges swiþe. c 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xlii. 114 Fayrest fode upo loft. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2761 Faste þey fullen opo þem alle. c 1400 Destr. Troy 7037 The renke vp rose..And foght vpo fote as a freke noble. 1610 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. ii, Thatch will lie light upo' the rafters, Lungs. 1721 Ramsay Ode to the Ph― vi, If they command the storms to blaw, Then upo' sight the hailstanes thud. 1772 Fergusson To R. Fergusson xii, [To] hae a charot at the door To wait upo' me. 1773 Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. i. ii, Landlord, They have lost their way upo' the forest. 1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 101 Upo' the rig she shoor wi' Hab. 1865 G. Macdonald A. Forbes xi, I never kent ony guid come o' bein' ower sair upo' bairns. |