Obs.–1 [UP- 8, or f. prec. Cf. ON. uppstígari.] One who mounts; a rider.
c. 1340. Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 4180. Þe Dan … sal þe nedder be,… And sal byte þe hors by þe hufe harde, And mak þe upstegher fal bakwarde.
Obs.–1 [UP- 8, or f. prec. Cf. ON. uppstígari.] One who mounts; a rider.
c. 1340. Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 4180. Þe Dan … sal þe nedder be,… And sal byte þe hors by þe hufe harde, And mak þe upstegher fal bakwarde.
