upgang

English

Alternative forms

• upgaing, upgeng, uppgeng (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English upgang, from Old English upgang (“ascent”), equivalent to up- +‎ gang. Cognate with Dutch opgang (“ascent”), German Aufgang (“rising, ascent”), Swedish uppgång (“a rise, a way up”), Icelandic uppgang (“expansion”).

Noun

upgang (plural upgangs)

1. (UK dialectal) The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
2. (UK dialectal) A way up; a slope.
3. (UK dialectal) A sudden rising of wind and sea; a storm.

Derived terms

• upgang of weather

Anagrams

• gang up

Old English

sunnan upgang

Alternative forms

• upgong

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uppgang. Equivalent to up- +‎ gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈupˌɡɑnɡ/, [ˈupˌɡɑŋɡ]

Noun

upgang m

1. a rise, ascent
2. an approach: a way up
3. a landing: a going from sea to land
4. an incursion: a going inland

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	upgang	upgangas
accusative	upgang	upgangas
genitive	upganges	upganga
dative	upgange	upgangum

Descendants

• Middle English: upgang
  • English: upgang

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “upgang”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.