suþdæl
Old English
Etymology
From sūþ (“south”) + dǣl (“part”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːθˌdæːl/, [ˈsuːðˌdæːl]
Noun
sūþdǣl m
- the south, a southern part or region
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- ...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.
- ...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sūþdǣl | sūþdǣlas |
| accusative | sūþdǣl | sūþdǣlas |
| genitive | sūþdǣles | sūþdǣla |
| dative | sūþdǣle | sūþdǣlum |
See also
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “súþ-dǽl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.