adv. Obs. Forms: 1 on ufan, 3 on-, anuven, 3–5 anoven. [f. AN prep. + ufan adv. ‘up, above’ (= Ger. oben), properly dative case of uf- (Goth. uf) ‘up, upward.’ An-ufan, anoven, was thus nearly a synonym of b(e)-ufan, boven, a-bove: cf. on-foran, afore, and be-foran, before. Superl. anovenast.]
1. Above, atop.
a. 1000. Judith, 252. Ær ðon ðe him se eʓesa on ufan sǽte.
a. 1300. K. Horn, 624. On his swerde Anouen at þan orde.
c. 1320. Cast. Love, 712. The thridde hue an ovenast Over wryeth all.
c. 1430. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems, 188. Clappe we of the hevedes anoven o the grene.
2. Onward in time, after.
a. 1230. St. Juliana, 53. Neauer mare her on uuen.
c. 1230. Ancr. R., 236. Uorte tenten euermore on vuen swuch manere sunne.
