Middle English Dictionary Entry
uppen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | uppen v. Also uppien; p.ppl. iupped, i)uppet, ihupped, geupped. |
| Etymology | From OE yppan & geupped. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To make something known, ?boast of something [quot. c1230, 1st]; manifest (sth.), reveal (sb. or sth.), make known; ?also, boast about (sth.).
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)79/35 : Heora leasunge ealle wurðen geupped.
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)129/12 : Swa eac ne mihte Sanctus Neotus behydd beon…þa þa God hine geupped habben wolde.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)165 : Here wombe is here crist, and all iuele forbisne hie ippen of hem seluen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)76/26 : Hercnið…hu hit is uuel to uppin [Nero: to uppen] & hu god þing hit is to heolen goddede.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)77/7 : Dauið spekeð to ancre þe wes-inunet in hudles wel forte wurchen & seoððen o sum wise uppeð [Nero: uppede] hit & schaweð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)78/7 : Hwet god se ich do, were hit ut of bosum iuppet [Nero: i upped; Cleo: ihupped; Tit: uppet] & idrahe forð, al min hope were edslopen.