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† ˈuvemest, a. Obs. Forms: 1 ufemest, -myst, 3 ufenmeste; 3 uue- (huue-), uvemest, vuemest(e, uuemaste. [Late OE. ufemest, -myst (rare for yfemest, yfemyst), superl. of ufera (comparative, uver a.), f. root uf-: see ovemest a., and cf. umest a.] Uppermost; topmost; highest.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 76 On midne dæᵹ bið seo sunne on ðam ufemestum ryne stiᵹende. c1000― Genesis xl. 17 (Laud MS.), On þam ufemystan windle wære maneᵹra cynna ᵹebæc. c1200[see ovemest a. α]. c1205Lay. 6085 Vp heo hine duden heȝe an ufenmeste þan turre. c1220Bestiary 775 Vp he ros..and steȝ to heuene uvemest. a1225Ancr. R. 328 Heo hudet eke hore ihole cloðes, & doð an alre vuemeste [a 1275 Cotton MS. uueward] on viterokes al to torene. |