rare. [UP- 4. Cf. WFris. opkomme, MDu. opcomen (Da. opkomen), MLG. upkomen, MHG. ûfkomen (G. aufkommen), MSw. up-, opkoma, -komme (Sw. uppkomma), (M)Da. opkomme.] intr. To come, spring, or rise up.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Mark iv. 17. Syþþan upcymð deofles costnung.
c. 1200. Ormin, 1267. Ȝiff þu ȝeornesst tatt tu mote sket Uppcumenn inntill heoffne.
c. 1400. Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), xxiv. Of corne and of oþer thynges that vppe commeth of þe londe.
1828. Atherstone, Fall of Nineveh, I. 48.
In a moment more, | |
Upcame the monstrous universal shout, | |
Like a volcanos burst. |