ufan
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē, from Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”). Cognate with Old High German obana (German oben).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈu.fɑn/, [ˈu.vɑn]
=== Adverb ===
ufan
above
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude"
c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"
The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
from above
Caedmon's metrical paraphrase
c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September"
down
The Dialogue of Adrian and Ritheus
upon
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
at the top
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
==== Derived terms ====
beufan
ufanweard
ufane
wiþufan
==== Related terms ====
bufan
=== References ===
Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ufan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.