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) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== upgang of weather === Anagrams === gang up == Old English == === Alternative forms === upgong === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *uppgang. Equivalent to up- +‎ gang. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈupˌɡɑnɡ/, [ˈupˌɡɑŋɡ] === Noun === upgang m a rise, ascent an approach: a way up a landing: a going from sea to land an incursion: a going inland ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: upgang English: upgang === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “upgang”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.