† aˈnuppe, prep. Obs.
Forms: 1 an uppan, on uppan, 2 an uppen, on uppen, 2–3 anuppe, anoppe, onuppen; also 2 anuppon.
[f. an prep. + uppan dat. sing. of up: cf. on-bufan, on-foran.]
On the top of, upon, both of position and direction.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 44 He tobrysð þone þe he on uppan fylð. c 1160 Hatton G. ibid., Þe he on uppen falð. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 He walde anuppon his underlinges mid wohe motien. Ibid. 133 Sum of þe sede feol an uppe þe stane. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 107 Þat no man werpe þe gilt of his sinne anuppen god. 1250 Lay. 1916 Was þe cleue swiþe heh{revsc} ware anoppe hii fohte. |