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Middle English
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Etymology
Inherited from Old English abūfan, onbufan; equivalent to a- + boven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbuːvən/, /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 quotation)
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