suþerne

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.θer.ne/, [ˈsuː.ðerˠ.ne]

Adjective

sūþerne

  1. southern
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Đa ġehȳrde hēo Salomones hlīsan, and cōm fram ðām sūðernum ġemærum tō Salomone binnon Hierusalem mid miċelre fare, and hire olfendas bǣron sūðerne wyrta, and dēorwurðe ġymstānas, and unġerīm goldes.
      She heard of Solomon's fame, and came to him in Jerusalem from the southern frontier with many followers. And her camels bore southern plants, and valuable gemstones, and a myriad of gold objects.

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  • Middle English: southerne, southern, southorn, souþerne, souþþerne, suðerne, souþrene, sotheren, southren, sotherin, sowþirne
    • English: southern, southron
    • Scots: soothren