upgang
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Etymology edit
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 edit
upgang (plural upgangs)
- (UK dialectal) The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
- (UK dialectal) A way up; a slope.
- (UK dialectal) A sudden rising of wind and sea; a storm.
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *uppgang. Equivalent to up- + gang.
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Noun edit
upgang m
- a rise, ascent
- an approach: a way up
- a landing: a going from sea to land
- an incursion: a going inland
Declension edit
Declension of upgang (strong a-stem)
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References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “upgang”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.