aboven
Middle English
Alternative forms
- above, abuven
Etymology
Inherited from Old English abūfan, onbufan; equivalent to a- + boven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbuvən/, /aˈbuv(ə)/
Preposition
aboven
- above
- 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
- Division, the gospell seith, On hous upon another leith, Til that the Regne al overthrowe: And thus may every man wel knowe, 970 Division aboven alle Is thing which makth the world to falle, And evere hath do sith it began.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
Descendants
- English: above, aboon
- ⇒? English: bove
- Scots: abuin, abune, abane, abeen, abine, abin; abeun, abön; aboon
- Yola: aboo
References
- “abǒve(n, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.