ufor

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *uberō, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, *upéri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.for/, [ˈu.vor]

Adverb

ufor (no positive form, superlative ufemest)

1. higher (locally)
2. later, after (temporal)
   • "Menologium", chapter line 349-358

     'Hwæt wē weorðiað wīde geond eorðan, hēah engles tiid, On hærfeste, Michaeles, Swā þ maniġo wāt, fīf nihtum ufor Ðær ðe folcum byð Eorlum geyped Emnihtes dæġ:

     But we celebrate Widely through the earth, The Feast of the archangel Michael, In harvest, As the multitude knows, Five nights after That the day of equinox Is made known to people to earls.

   • "The Laws of Hlothhære and Eadric", law 10

     Ġif man ōðerne tihte siþþan hē him ȳrigan ġesealdne hæbbe, and þonne ymb iii niht ġesecæn hiom sǣmend, būton þām ufor lēofre sīo þe þā tihtlan āge: siþþan sīo race ġesemed sīo, ān seofan nihtum; sē man þām ōðrum niht ġedō ġecwime ān fēo oþþe ān āðe, swā hwæðer swā him lēofre sīo; ġif hē þonne þ nylle, ġelde þonne c. būton āðe: siþþan āne neaht, ofer þ ġesem hīe.

     If one make plaint against another; after he has given him 'borh,' and then after three days let them seek for themselves an arbitrator, unless a longer period be desired by him who carries on the suit: after the suit is settled, let the man do justice to the other within seven days; let him satisfy him either in money or with an oath, whichever be desired by him; but if he will not do this, then let him pay c. without an oath: within one day after, let them settle.

Synonyms

• lator
• siþ

Related terms

• ufera
• uferian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ufor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.