different between upgang vs uphang

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. (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.

Derived terms

• upgang of weather

Anagrams

• gang up

Old English

Alternative forms

• upgong, ?pgang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?up???n?/, [?up?????]

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

Descendants

• Middle English: upgang
  • English: upgang

References

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English uphongen, equivalent to up- +? hang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?hæ?/

Verb

uphang (third-person singular simple present uphangs, present participle uphanging, simple past and past participle uphung)

1. (rare) To hang up.
2. (rare) To suspend or fix aloft.
   • 1860, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

     When soft stars were brightly uphanging the night.

Anagrams

• hang up, hang-up, hangup