a. Obs. In 1 ufeweard, ufawærd, ufweard, 3 uueward. [OE. ufe-, ufweard, etc., f. root uf- (see OVEMEST a.) + -weard -WARD 2. Cf. OE. ufanweard, ON. ofan-verðr.] Upper, higher; forming the upper part. Also absol.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., i. 28. Forðon ða eaʓan bioð on ðæm lichoman foreweardum & ufeweardum.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. xxvii. 51. And heonu waʓhrahel temples … tosliten wæs … from ufawærd wið to nioðaweard.
a. 1000–c. 1200. [see NETHEWARD a.]
a. 1275. [see UVEMEST a.].
