Old English · adverb
upp
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /upp/[up]
- Syllables
- upp (1 syllable)
Meaning
up
Crist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...
Christ then looked up towards the rich man...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE"
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup. Cognate with Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old Dutch up, Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp.
Descendants
up
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