"south" meaning in Middle English

See south in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /suːθ/
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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht, zouth [Kent]

Adverb

IPA: /suːθ/
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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht, zouth [Kent]

Noun

IPA: /suːθ/
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 Categories (topical): Compass points
    Sense id: en-south-enm-noun-fyUv0erV Disambiguation of Compass points: 2 2 14 2 0 17 2 62 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 0 1 10 1 0 4 4 10 4 2 5 1 14 0 0 5 1 0 7 1 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 4 0 1 10 1 0 4 3 8 3 1 4 1 22 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 0 1 12 1 0 2 3 10 4 0 4 1 15 0 0 7 0 0 9 0 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht, zouth [Kent] Related terms: southerne, Suffolk
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    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Middle English/uːθ",
    "Rhymes:Middle English/uːθ/1 syllable",
    "enm:Compass points"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "south"
          },
          "expansion": "English: south",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: south"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "sooth"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: sooth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: sooth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sūþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sūþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sunþr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sunþr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "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.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "souþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "suþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowth"
    },
    {
      "word": "suthe"
    },
    {
      "word": "souþe"
    },
    {
      "word": "suth"
    },
    {
      "word": "souht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "zouth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "south"
}

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