Middle English Dictionary Entry
onǒvenon adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | onǒvenon adv. Also anovenon, -ovenan, anuvenan. |
| Etymology | OE on ufenan phr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Up above, on high; (b) ther ~, above there; thereon above; (c) comen ~, to come upon them, arrive.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)233 : On þe tur anouenon Is a charbugleston.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13002 : Arður bræid heȝe his sceld buuen his hælme, and þe eotend smat þer-an-ouenan.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7731 : Swa wes al þa uerde ladliche of-færed, for æuere heo lokede whænne Hengest come an-uuenan.