† thereˈup, adv. Obs.
Forms: see there and up; also 3 þruppe.
[Late OE. þǽr uppan (þǽr there, uppan upon, on) would give ME. *þer uppen, þeruppe, and in 14th c. þerup; but these might also be new formations from uppe, up.]
1. Up on that, upon that (place or thing); up in or into that place; up there, up above. In quots. c 1230, above (on the page or in the document).
| α c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xxx. 200 Him wæs his myxen forlæten þæt he þær uppan sittan mihte. c 1230 Hali Meid. 39 Ich habbe ihalden mine beheaste þruppe. Ibid., Forsac þi fader hus as hit is þeruppe iopenet. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1609 Ðe louerd ðor uppe a-buuen Lened ðor on. c 1300 St. Brandan 123 Bord and cloth i-sprad, And bred and fisch ther uppe. c 1315 Shoreham i. 41 Howe mey þat be? wo dar þer oppe steiȝe? |
| β 1572 Buchanan Detect. Q. Mary U iij, I haue wakit laiter thairvp [Fr. là haut] then I wald haue done, if it had nat bene [etc.]. 1829 A. Clarke in Life xiii. (1840) 478 Collectors..to take silver from all who should go thereup. |
2. = thereupon 2, 3.
| α a 1225 Ancr. R. 42 Hwo se wule mei a-stunten þeruppe anon rihtes efter þe uorme ureisun. c 1290 Beket 447 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 119 Heo wollez þanne mis-don al day and beon þare-oppe wel bolde. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8084 [Robert] borewede þer uppe [v.r. c 1400 þer vpon] of him an hondred þousend marc. a 1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 32 Þat a non riȝt..be i-mad so uers siute þer oppe fram toune to toune. |
| β 1375 Barbour Bruce (MS. 1487) x. 433 Sic melle tharup can he mak. 1430 W. Paston in P. Lett. I. 30 And there up to graunte your worthy lettres. |
3. Over and above that, in addition to that.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 716 Ȝif þou wole ȝut þer vppe more esse [= ask] & wite of me. Ibid. 1085 Þanne aȝt it be inou..Loue & frendssipe to aski us..þei þou ne askedest þer vppe þralhede euere mo. |