Upp-gangr
Old Norse Dictionary - upp-gangr
Meaning of Old Norse word "upp-gangr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word upp-gangr can mean:upp-gangr
- upp-gangr
- m. = uppganga, a pass or stile, Grett. 184 new Ed.: the opening of a bath, Fb. 136.
- upp-gangr
- 2. metaph. good luck, success, fame; var þá u. hans sem mestr, Finnb. 290, Háv. 45; u. þeirra görðisk brátt mikill, Fbr. 7; u. ok ofrkapp, Fms. vii. 22, Stj. 451, Fb. i. 400.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛒᛒ-ᚴᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)