† ˈuvemest, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 ufemest, -myst, 3 ufenmeste; 3 uue- (huue-), uvemest, vuemest(e, uuemaste.
[Late OE. ufemest, -myst (rare for yfemest, yfemyst), superl. of ufera (comparative, uver a.), f. root uf-: see ovemest a., and cf. umest a.]
Uppermost; topmost; highest.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 76 On midne dæᵹ bið seo sunne on ðam ufemestum ryne stiᵹende. c 1000 ― Genesis xl. 17 (Laud MS.), On þam ufemystan windle wære maneᵹra cynna ᵹebæc. c 1200 [see ovemest a. α]. c 1205 Lay. 6085 Vp heo hine duden heȝe an ufenmeste þan turre. c 1220 Bestiary 775 Vp he ros..and steȝ to heuene uvemest. a 1225 Ancr. R. 328 Heo hudet eke hore ihole cloðes, & doð an alre vuemeste [a 1275 Cotton MS. uueward] on viterokes al to torene. |