upgang

• upgaing, upgeng, uppgeng (Scotland)

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

upgang (plural upgangs)

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

• upgang of weather

• gang up

• upgong, ūpgang

From ūp- +‎ gang.

upgang m (nominative plural upgangas)

1. An upgoing, a rising, an ascent: an instance or the act of going up, particularly:
   1. (astronomy) A sunrise; a heliacal rising: a rising of a heavenly body over the horizon.
   2. A landing: a going from sea to land.
   3. An incursion: a going inland.
2. An approach: a way or path for going up.

• Middle English: upgang
  • English: upgang

• "upgang" in the Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary.