| 释义 |
▪ I. bove, adv. and prep.
Forms: 1 be-ufan, 1–2 bufan, bufon, 2–3 bufen, buuen, buven, buve, 3–4 boven, bove.
[ME. bove(n, earlier buven, bufen:—OE. bufan, earlier be-ufan, a West Ger. compound (OS. bi-oƀan, Du. boven), f. bi-, by, beside + ufan (OS. oƀan, OHG. oban, obana), OTeut. *ufana, uƀana from above, above, f. uf up + -ana suffix orig. expressing motion from.]
†1. (In OE. and early ME.) The earlier and simpler form of above. Obs.
The compound a-bufan appeared in the 12th c. in the north and n.e. as an adverbial form; by the end of 13th c. abuven was also prepositional, and generally used instead of buven, buve; and in 14th c. bove became obsolete. The following examples show the forms; the development of meaning will be found under above.
a940Laws of æthelstan iv. 4 (Bosw.) Swa we her beufan cwædon. c1000ælfric Manual of Astron. 1 Eall swa deop under þyssre eorðan, swa heo is bufan. 1205Lay. 26564 And smat hine buuen þan scelde. c1315Shoreham 117 Al that hys bove and under molde. c1390Forme of Cury (ed. Pegge) 75 Plant it boue with prunes and damysyns.
2. In modern English 'bove, bove, is an occasional shortening of above, in verse.
1591Spenser Ruines of Time 110 Lifting up her brave heroick thought Bove womens weaknes. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 118 'Boue the contentious waues. c1630Drummond Poems Wks. (1711) 37 'Bove other far esteem'd. 1886Plumptre Dante, Hell i. 13 But when I reached a point 'bove which did tower A mount.
▪ II. bove
see bus v. = behoves. |