† ovenon, -an, adv. and prep. Obs.
Forms: 1–3 ufenan, -on, 3 uuen-, ouenan, -on, 4 ovenon.
[f. OE. ufan adv. from above, above + an, on, on. Cf. anoven (where the same elements are reversed) and anovenon.]
A. adv. From above.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John iii. 31 Se ðe ufenan com se is ofer ealle. a 1023 Wulfstan Hom. xvi. (Napier) 97 He deð, þæt fyr cymð ufene [MS. Corpus ufenon]. 11.. O.E. Chron. an. 1052 (MS. C), Seo landfyrd com ufenon and trymedon hiᵹ be þam strande. |
B. prep. Over and above; upon, down upon.
| a 1000 Be Domes Dæᵹe 144 Ufenan eall þis. c 1205 Lay. 18090 He smat hine uuenen [c 1275 ouenon] þat hæued. a 1300 K. Horn 1485 (Harl. MS.) Ouen o þe sherte hue gurden huem wiþ suerde. |