† aˈnoven, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 on ufan, 3 on-, anuven, 3–5 anoven.
[f. an prep. + ufan adv. ‘up, above’ (= Ger. oben), properly dative case of uf- (Goth. uf) ‘up, upward.’ An-ufan, anoven, was thus nearly a synonym of b(e)-ufan, boven, a-bove: cf. on-foran, afore, and be-foran, before. Superl. anovenast.]
1. Above, atop.
| a 1000 Judith 252 ær ðon ðe him se eᵹesa on ufan sǽte. a 1300 K. Horn 624 On his swerde Anouen at þan orde. c 1320 Cast. Love 712 The thridde hue an ovenast Over wryeth all. c 1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 188 Clappe we of the hevedes anoven o the grene. |
2. Onward in time, after.
| a 1230 St. Juliana 53 Neauer mare her on uuen. c 1230 Ancr. R. 236 Uorte tenten euermore on vuen swuch manere sunne. |