Definitions
Definitions
1 uppi
adv. [Ulf. jupa; Dan. oppe], up, upon, above, cp. niðr and niðri, framm and frammi; sitja uppi, Nj. 220; jarl sat uppi, sate up, of a sick person. Fms. ix. 245; hafa uppi öxina. to lift, Nj. 19; hann grét uppi yfir honum, he wept, bent up over him. Fms. x. 174; þar stendr skip uppi, to lie ashore, Nj. 259; var uppi röst mikil á firðinum, the current rose high, Fms. xi. 145; seglit var u., the sail was up, Ld. 76; eiga vef uppi, to have a loom up, to be at work, weaving. Fms. xi. 49; borð eru uppi, x. 19, Hkr. ii. 192 (see borð); boginn má eigi einart uppi standa, cp. ‘neque semper arcum tendit Apollo,’ 623. 19; vera snemma uppi, to be up early, Fms. ix. 504; árla dags er uppi sá, Skíða R.: often with other prepositions, á uppi or uppi á, upon; á hjálminn uppi, Fms. xi. 133; þar u. á hellunni, Nj. 14; standa þar á uppi, 155; á heiðum uppi, Grág. ii. 352; uppi í; uppi í músina, Fms. i. 45; uppi í Meðaldal, 57; uppi með ánni, Nj. 154.
2 uppi
II. metaph., láta e-t uppi, to come forthwith, Grág.; heiman-fylgja skal uppi vera við erfingja, is to be discharged, N. G. L. i. 49; hafa e-t uppi, to take forth, Nj. 32; hafa úróa uppi, to shew, Fms. ix. 270; skyldi uppi vera rannsökun, a ransacking was up, i. e. was to take place, Ld. 44.
3 uppi
2. vera uppi, to be ‘all up,’ at an end; vóru uppi allar örvarnar, Fms. viii. 140; var u. hverr penningr, every penny gone, vi. 299; nú munu uppi sögur þínar, it will be all up with thy stories, 355.
4 uppi
3. þeim er þá stóðu uppi, who were left, Hkr. i. 210; þessir vóru allir uppi (lived) á einn tíma, Ísl. ii. 209: þat man æ uppi meðan Ísland er byggt, Landn. 149, v. l.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
uppi
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "uppi" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).