Middle English Dictionary Entry
uprist(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | uprist(e n. Also opriste, ouprist. |
| Etymology | Perh. from OE: cp. OE ǣrist & OI uppreist; cp. ME arist n. & -rist (as in sǒnne-rist n.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. upris(e n.
1.
(a) The act of rising from bed;
(b) resurrection; specif., the resurrection of Christ; also, Christ as the agent of resurrection [quots. c1300 & a1400, 1st];
(c) the rising of the sun or a star; sonne ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)70/1639 : Abide þou min vprist, Þou be honged.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2198 : Bot natheles at his upriste Men tolden him how that it ferde.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/25 : Heom cuþan…hu wlitiȝ his haliȝ lichame beon sceolde æfter his upriste.
- ?c1250 Somer is comen & (Eg 613)79 : Grante ous, crist, wit þin uprist to gene [read: gone].
- ?a1300 St.Eust.(Dgb 86)173 : Euere he þouhte on Jhesu Crist, On his deþ, on his ouprist.
- c1300 SLeg.MPChr.(LdMisc 108)704 : ‘Ich am,’ quad ore louerd, ‘opriste and lijf.’
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)121/188 : Þe þrydde ioye þat com of cryste Hadde oure leuedy of hys opryste.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.33 : Þe foure godspellers…speken of þe manhede of Iesu crist…& of his deþ & of his vprist.
- c1390(a1325) Ipotis (Vrn)600 : I coniure þe…Þorw þe passion of Jhesu Crist, Of his deþ and of his vprist.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)14264 : Ihesus seide, ‘I am vpriste & lif.’
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)17784 : Ȝou þinke wondir her of I wis Of ihesus vprist & soþ hit is.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)523 : He tolde him of Jesu dede…And of his deþ and of his vpryst.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)348/106 : Now bidde we alle Jhesu crist…þat he vs granty heuene at oure soulus vprist.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)91/100 : I coniure þe wonde in þe uertu of þe v wondes of oure lord ihesus crist & in þe vertu of þe mylke þat he soke of his moder brest & of his deþ & of his up-rist.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7499 : Whan Goddes sone man shal be…þat vprist men sholen worshipe ay.
c
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)85/1436 : Er þane horn hit wiste, Tofore þe sunne vpriste.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1051 : In the gardyn at the sonne vpriste She walketh vp and doun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7996 : At þe vprist of þe morwe sterre, Late vs ordeyn…Out of þis hauene with þe wynde to saile.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Cock (Hrl 2255)116 : Geyn Phebus vprist syngen wyl the quaylle.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.57 : Iche yere wer certeyne dayes thre…Sowght and chosen by good eleccioun For to awayte the vp-rist by the morowe Of this sterre with his bemes glade.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)13.21 (v.1:p.139) : This name of oure lorde mote be blissed hensforward into the worldis ende, from the sunnys vprist to his doun gate.
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)357 : The next morwe, aftir the maneer, At phebus vprist, thei shuld echeon appeer.