† uphendv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To catch or snatch up; to take up, raise.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > catch or snatch up
to catch upa1393
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a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3133 Vnto the lady the ring he cast... The lady has the ring uphent.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12183 Leui..a yeird vp-hint, And gaf him in þe heued a dint.
c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) lxvii Then Sir Amadace a squrd vppe-hente.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. viii. 63 Acestes..has wphint in feild His friend Entellus.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. i. 49 [Let] the ensenȝeis and baneris be vphynt.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. lxxii. 227 He would not leaue the corses faire in field..But in their armes the soldiers both vphent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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