v. Sc. Obs. [UP- 4. Cf. OFris. op-, upieva (WFris. opjaen), (M)Du. opgeven, MLG. upgeven (LG. upgäfen), MHG. ûfgeben (G. auf-), MSw. up(p)giva (Sw. uppgifva, -giva), Da. opgive, Icel. uppgefa.]
1. trans. To give up, resign, abandon.
1415. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1882), 39/1. Huchon … sal frely delyver and upgif to the sayd Villiam … the sayd landis.
1499. Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.), 622. Rent … Quhilk … lady Jonet … wpgaif and resignit in our handis.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XI. iii. 29. Ȝour kyng hes our confiderans vpgeve.
1606. Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.), 658. To resigne dimit surrander vpgeif and ouergeif … þe maner place of Melrosse.
1652. Z. Boyd, in Zion’s Flowers (1855), App. 26/1. Giveing them full power to upgive the same [sc. goods] as if they were given by mine owne mouth.
[1840. Origines Par. Scotiae, I. 440. They upgave to him … the common pasture of Hauden.]
2. To declare, avow. (Cf. UPGIVING vbl. sb. 2.)
a. 1776. Song Outlaw Murray, lix. And gif you refuse to do that, I freely here upgive with [? read to] thee, There will never [etc.].
