Old English · adverb
up
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /up/
- Syllables
- up (1 syllable)
Meaning
up
"Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 19, verse 4
Then he ran in front and climbed (literally, “ascended”) up on a tree. From sycamores that he saw him. For which he would go from there.
upwards
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, lines 85-89
By that is betokened, that his trust shall, and his mind, more upwards than downwards aspire to the heavens.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English up From Proto-West Germanic *upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, akin to Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp.
Descendants
up
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