prep. Obs. Forms: 1 an uppan, on uppan, 2 an uppen, on uppen, 2–3 anuppe, anoppe, onuppen; also 2 anuppon. [f. AN prep. + uppan dat. sing. of up: cf. on-bufan, on-foran.] On the top of, upon, both of position and direction.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxi. 44. He tobrysð þone þe he on uppan fylð.
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid. Þe he on uppen falð.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 43. He walde anuppon his underlinges mid wohe motien. Ibid., 133. Sum of þe sede feol an uppe þe stane.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 107. Þat no man werpe þe gilt of his sinne anuppen god.
1250. Lay., 1916. Was þe cleue swipe heh; ware anoppe hii fohte.
