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norþan

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Wright's OE grammar
§288; §558;
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  • Þá hwíle cóm Willelm . . . and Harold cóm norðan and him wið feaht,

      Chr. 1066; P. 198, 4.
  • Se here bræc þone friþ of Hámtúne and of Ligeraceastre and þonan norþan

    (from north of Leicester),

      921; P. 101, 7.
  • Þonne won cymeð nihtscúa, norðan onsendeð hreó hæglfare,

      Wand. 104 : Seef. 31: B. 547.
  • Se feórða heáfodwind hátte

    septemtrio;

    sé blǽwþ norðan,
      Lch. iii. 274, 23.
  • Wind norþan and eástan Boreas, Bt. 4; F. 8, 6 : Met. 4, 23:

    Auster,

      6, 12.
  • Gefaren tósomne súðan and norðan,

      Gen. 1988 : Dan. 52 : Sal. 259.
  • Súðan and norðan, eástan and westan,

      Cri. 885 : Ph. 324.
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Etymology
[Icel. norðan. Cf. O. H. Ger. nordana.]
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v. be-, eástan-, on-, westan-norþan.
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