v. Obs. [UP- 4. Cf. MDa. ophente.] trans. To catch or snatch up; to take up, raise.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 12183. Leui … a yeird vp-hint, And gaf him in þe heued a dint.
13[?]. Seuyn Sages (W.) 3133. Vnto the lady the ring he cast…. The lady has the ring uphent.
c. 1420. Sir Amadace (Camden), lxvii. Then Sir Amadace a squrd vppe-hente.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, V. viii. 63. Acestes … has wphint in feild His freind Entellus. Ibid., XI. i. 49. [Let] the ensenȝeis and baneris be vphynt.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XII. lxxii. He would not leaue the corses faire in field But in their armes the soldiers both vphent.
