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ˈuver, a. Now dial.
Forms: 1 uferra, ufera, ufara, 2–3 ufere, 3 uferre, vfere, vuere, uuere; Sc. 4, 6 uvyr, 6 uuir, 5 wuyr, vuir, 5–6 vuer, 6, 9 uver, uvir, 9 iver, ever; dial. 8–9 uvver, 9 uvvor.
[OE. uferra, ufera, ufara (also yferra, yfera), = OS. oƀarro, MLG. overe, OHG. obaro, obero, etc. (MHG. and G. obere, ober); cf. ON. øfri (Icel. efri), MSw. öfre, öffre (Sw. öfre), Da. øvre (Norw.) øver. See also over a.]
1. a. That is higher or loftier in position; upper; = over a. 1.
c825Vesp. Psalter ciii. 3 Ðu biðeces in wetrum ða uferran his. c897–c 1275 [see over a. 1 α]. 1372Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 151 Baronia de Uvyrcrelyne. 1424in Antiq. Aberd. & Banff (1862) IV. 388 Terras de..Nethirbulgny, Wuirbulgny, Midilmast Bulgny. 1495Ibid. 439 Terrarum de Vuer Towiis, Nethir Towiis. 1511Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 342/2 Litera..super terris de le Uver part de Lany. 1550Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks of Glasgow (1894) I. 18 The foir uvyr hows, viz., hall, chalmer and wairdrop, with the peis waist. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 14 In vuir Clydisdale and in nethir Clidisdale. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray, Uvver, for upper, or over. 1808Jamieson s.v. Ouer. 1824 [Carr] Craven Gloss. 8 Th' uvver side o' th' Gill. 1828–in Yks., Derby, Leics., Northampt., and Shropsh. dialect use (Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. over a. 21).
b. uver lip, the upper lip; = over-lip.
1027–34Laws of Cnut in Liebermann 334 Þonne do man ut his eaᵹan, & ceorfan of..his earan & þa uferan lippan. 1788[see over-lip]. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. 373. 1864 B. Preston Poems 10 (E.D.D.), His hair..spraated aht fro' t' uvvor lip. 1876Whitby Gloss. 209.
c. uver hand, the ‘upper hand’; the superiority or mastery; = over-hand n.
c1205Lay. 18325 Þa wes hit swa ufel idon, þæt þat hæðene uolc þa ufere hond hafeden. 1562Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 50 margin, The wicket hes the vuir hand. 1808Jamieson s.v. Ouer, The uvir hand, the upper hand. 1828Craven Gloss. II. 25 To have the..uvver-hand. 1891Sheffield Gloss. Suppl. 42 He's got t' uvver hand of him.
†2. Later; after; future; = over a. 5. Obs.
Beowulf 2200 Eft þæt ᵹe-iode ufaran dogrum. c1000,c1205[see over a. 5]. c1205Lay. 26035 Þa nolde Arður on slepen na wiht hine areppen, leste he an uferre daȝe up-bræid iherde. |