abue

i. [OBEY.] To bow, to render obedience. "The noble stude that al the worlde abueth to."Rob. Glouc., р. 193. *a-buf (0. Eng . ); *a-buf-in (0. Scotch ), prep. & adv. Old spellings of ABOVE (q. v.). "Alle angels abuf ."-Towneley Mysteries, p. 22. "Of the land is abusin writ in."- Act Dom. And. (1478), p. 59.