"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
    Sense id: en-south-enm-noun-PMQxPZ4K
  3. The south wind Categories (topical): Compass points Coordinate_terms (compass point): north, est, west
    Sense id: en-south-enm-noun-fyUv0erV Disambiguation of Compass points: 2 2 15 2 0 19 4 55 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 18 0 1 10 1 0 2 6 9 2 3 3 0 12 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 22 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 20 0 1 10 1 0 2 6 8 2 3 3 0 11 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 23 Disambiguation of 'compass point': 24 6 71
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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    "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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