† uphend, v. Obs.
[up- 4. Cf. MDa. ophente.]
trans. To catch or snatch up; to take up, raise.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 12183 Leui..a yeird vp-hint, And gaf him in þe heued a dint. 13.. Seuyn Sages (W.) 3133 Vnto the lady the ring he cast... The lady has the ring uphent. c 1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) lxvii, Then Sir Amadace a squrd vppe-hente. 1513 Douglas æneid v. viii. 63 Acestes..has wphint in feild His friend Entellus. Ibid. xi. i. 49 [Let] the ensenȝeis and baneris be vphynt. 1600 Fairfax Tasso xii. lxxii, He would not leaue the corses faire in field But in their armes the soldiers both vphent. |