Middle English Dictionary Entry
thē̆r-up adv.
Entry Info
Forms | thē̆r-up adv. Also (early) þæruppa, þrup(p)e. |
Etymology | From thē̆r adv. & up adv. & prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
With ref. to a concrete object, physical place, etc.: (a) on it, on top of it;—sometimes used as quasi-adj.; (b) with verbs denoting placement or motion: onto that or it, on it, to it; (c) up from that place, up from there.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)171 : Fur berneð þe eorðe and al þat beð þar inne oðer þar uppe.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Horst.)126 : Þis monekes fonde in þis halle bord & cloþ isprad, & bred & fisch þer-vppe ynouȝ.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.King (LdMisc 108)70 : A wilde wolf þare cam sone, and to þe heuede he drovȝ, And þare oppe he lai..and lickeden it ofte and custe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4173 : Þo he com toward þis hul, a gret fur þeruppe he sey.
- a1400 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Dub 69)p.174 : Þer vp [Hrl 874: I seiȝ a grete throne als white as he þat sitteþ þere vpon].
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/16 : Nim þanne wulle..wyrc cliþan þærof, leȝe þæruppa þa sealfe wel þicce.
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6)76/15 : Eauer is þe echȝe to þe wodeleȝe & þe halte bucke climbeð þer uppe.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1796 : Oure lordes aungel..ouer-turnde þe ston Þat was þe lyd and þer-vppe sat a-doun.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)2/41 : Howe scholde we þider þanne? Bi leddre..wo dar þer-oppe steiȝe For douȝte of fotes bleddre?
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2969 : Aaron held up his hond To ðe water and ðe more-lond; Ðo cam ðor up swilc froskes here Ðe ðede [read: dede] al folc egipte dere.
2.
With ref. to an abstraction, an action, circumstances, etc.: (a) on that subject, regarding that; (b) after that, thereupon; ~ anon-rightes; (c) in consequence of that, as a result of that; lenen ~, to lend (sth.) in exchange for the profit from them, advance (sth.) against the revenues from them; (d) in addition to that [last quot. could also belong to (b) or (c)].
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 SWard (Roy 17.A.27)40/384 : Lustneð nu his lare..þurh þeos twa sonden þet ha iherd habbeð & þet fowr sustren lerden þruppe for euch unþeawes inȝong his warde te witene.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)716 : Ich þe louie as þe man þat my fader is..& ȝif þou wole ȝut þer vppe more esse & wite of me, Al þe ende of loue & þe ground icholle segge þe.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)25/12 : Hwa se wule mei stutte þruppe [Cleo: þrupe] ananrihtes efter þe forme ureisun.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8084 : He wende here to engelond..& leide willam is broþer to wedde normandye & borewede þer uppe of him an hondred þousend marc.
c
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)77/30 : Ða riche menn ðe laneð here eihte uppe chierches..oðe uppe oðre þinges þe rentes ȝiueð and healden hes lenger ðanne hie hauen al swa michel swa hie ðar uppe lænden, fullȝewiss hie bieð idemd for gouleres.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)447 : Ȝif a clerk..desordeined beo..heo wollez þanne mis-don al day and beon þare-oppe wel bolde And so schal þe pays of þe londe wel vuele beon i-holde.
d
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)27/450 : Haue her þis cuppe & þis Ryng þer vppe [vr. þer oppe].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1085 : Þanne aȝt it be inou..Loue & frendssipe to aski us..Þei þou ne askedest þer vppe þralhede euere mo.
- (c1430) Paston (EETS)1.14 : I prey yow..þat it lyke yow ouermore to accepte and admitte þe seyd resygnacion by yowr seyd autorite and powere wyth þe fauour of yowr good lordshepe..and ther-vp to graunte yowr worthy lettres witenessyng þe same acceptacion.
3.
Without specified ref. or with ref. implied: (a) with ref. to a text, a discourse, etc.: above, earlier; turnen ~, to turn back to the point in the text; (b) with ref. to physical position: upward; risen ~, to stand up, rise; (c) with ref. to heaven (as opposed to the earth): on high, in heaven; ~ aboven.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)8/89 : Al is nawt þet ti folc of hwam i spec þruppe biheten þe to ifinden.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)154/4 : Turn þruppe þer we speken of fuhelene cunde.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)197/4 : Al þet is as is þruppe iseid.
b
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)49.232 : Why worschepen ȝe so this Mawmetrye that nowht ne may Availlen Sekerlye..behold how fairre this ded Man here Riseth ther vpe for Alle ȝoure preyere!
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)50/11 : Efter þet sihðe þet is nu dosc her, ȝe schulen habbe þruppe þe brihte sihðe of godes neb.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1609 : Iacob..slep and sag an soðe drem: Fro ðe erðe up til heuene bem A leddre stonden, and ðor-on Angeles dun cumen and up gon, And ðe louerd ðor-uppe a-buuen Lened ðor-on.