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(Thare-up,) Thar-up(pe, adv. Also: thar-wp, thair-up. [ME þeruppe (Ancr. R.), þare oppe (c1290), ther uppe (c1300), þer oppe (1315).] a. Up there, upwards. b. Representing F. la haut: up, out of bed. —a. 1375 Barb. x 438.
Sic melle thar-wp [C. tharup] gan he mak Quhill Dowglas & his mengne all War cummyn up apon the wall 1388 Bamff Chart. 22 (see Thar(e)-doun(e adv.).
Thar uppe —b. 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 147.
I haue walkit laiter thair up [F. Jay veillé plus tard la haut] then I wald haue done, gif it had not bene to draw sum thing out of him
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