norþ

See also: north and North

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *norþr (compare Old High German nord, Old Norse norðr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /norθ/, [norˠθ]

Adjective

norþ (comparative norþerra or norþra, superlative norþmest)

north
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.
  [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

Declension

Declension of norþ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	norþ	norþ	norþ
Accusative	norþne	norþe	norþ
Genitive	norþes	norþre	norþes
Dative	norþum	norþre	norþum
Instrumental	norþe	norþre	norþe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	norþe	norþa, norþe	norþ
Accusative	norþe	norþa, norþe	norþ
Genitive	norþra	norþra	norþra
Dative	norþum	norþum	norþum
Instrumental	norþum	norþum	norþum

Declension of norþ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	norþa	norþe	norþe
Accusative	norþan	norþan	norþe
Genitive	norþan	norþan	norþan
Dative	norþan	norþan	norþan
Instrumental	norþan	norþan	norþan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	norþan	norþan	norþan
Accusative	norþan	norþan	norþan
Genitive	norþra, norþena	norþra, norþena	norþra, norþena
Dative	norþum	norþum	norþum
Instrumental	norþum	norþum	norþum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: north, norþ, northe, norþe, norrþ
- English: north
- Scots: north
- Yola: nordh, noardth
→ Old French: nort (see there for further descendants)

Adverb

norþ (comparative norþor)

north, northward
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  ⁊ hīe Bealdrēd þone cyning norþ ofer Temese ādrifon ⁊ Cantware him tō ċirdon...
  And they drove King Bealdred north over the Thames, and turned back to Kent...