"south" meaning in Middle English

See south in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /suːθ/ Forms: souþ [alternative], suþ [alternative], sowth [alternative], suthe [alternative], souþe [alternative], suth [alternative], souht [alternative], zouth [alternative, Kent]
Rhymes: -uːθ Etymology: From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sūþ}} Old English sūþ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sunþr}} Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sunþrą}} Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} south
  1. south, southern
    Sense id: en-south-enm-adj-ySXlhdMy
  2. At the south
    Sense id: en-south-enm-adj-763gUjMx

Adverb

IPA: /suːθ/ Forms: souþ [alternative], suþ [alternative], sowth [alternative], suthe [alternative], souþe [alternative], suth [alternative], souht [alternative], zouth [alternative, Kent]
Rhymes: -uːθ Etymology: From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sūþ}} Old English sūþ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sunþr}} Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sunþrą}} Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} south
  1. To the south, southwards, southbound
    Sense id: en-south-enm-adv-4CEVYddX
  2. From the south, southern
    Sense id: en-south-enm-adv-OFKnfPet
  3. In the south
    Sense id: en-south-enm-adv-~bVbF4Lt

Noun

IPA: /suːθ/ Forms: souþ [alternative], suþ [alternative], sowth [alternative], suthe [alternative], souþe [alternative], suth [alternative], souht [alternative], zouth [alternative, Kent]
Rhymes: -uːθ Etymology: From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sūþ}} Old English sūþ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sunþr}} Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sunþrą}} Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} south
  1. south, southernness
    Sense id: en-south-enm-noun-Q9dybnin
  2. A location to the south; the south Coordinate_terms (compass point): north, est, west
    Sense id: en-south-enm-noun-PMQxPZ4K Disambiguation of 'compass point': 0 100 0
  3. The south wind
    Sense id: en-south-enm-noun-fyUv0erV Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Compass points Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 1 2 10 1 0 3 5 10 2 3 6 2 13 1 0 4 2 0 5 1 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 10 1 1 11 2 0 1 3 9 2 1 3 1 21 1 1 5 0 0 6 0 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 0 1 13 1 0 1 3 10 3 0 3 1 14 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 24 Disambiguation of Compass points: 2 2 13 2 0 17 2 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: southerne, Suffolk
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        "3": "*sunþrą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sunþrą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "souþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sowth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suthe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "souþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "suth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "souht",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zouth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "south",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To the south, southwards, southbound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "southwards",
          "southwards"
        ],
        [
          "southbound",
          "southbound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "From the south, southern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "southern",
          "southern"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In the south"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/suːθ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːθ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "south"
}

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