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ˈupgang Latterly north. dial. and Sc. [up- 2. Cf. WFris. opgong, Du. opgang, OHG. ûfgang, -canc (MHG. ûfganc), ON. uppgangr (Norw. uppgang, -gong; MSw. up-, opgang, Sw. uppgång; MDa. and Da. opgang) and uppganga (Norw. uppgonga).] a. The act of ascending; ascension. b. An ascent, an upward path or way.
a900Laws Alfred i. §25 Ᵹif he..æfter sunnan upgonge þis deð, he bið mansleᵹes scyldiᵹ. 971Blickl. Hom. 201 Hi ne mihton ofer þæt scræf..gongan, ærðon hie ᵹerymdon þone upgang. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 246 Þas twelf tacna..ᵹefyllað twa tida mid hyra upgange oððe nyþergange. 1375Barbour Bruce vi. 141 His hors, that wes born doune, Cummerit thaim the vpgang to ta. Ibid. viii. 38 On the south half, quhar Iames was, Is ane vpgang, ane narrow plas. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxix, Our minny here's rather driegh in the upgang. 1855[Robinson] Whitby Gloss., Upgang,..a track up a hill, as ‘Upgang’, from the Mulgrave sands to the turnpike on the cliff top. |