northwardsadv.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːθwədz/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrθwərdz/

Forms: Old English norðweardæs, Old English norþweardes, Old English norðweardes, Middle English northewardys, Middle English northwardys, 1500s northwardes, 1500s– northwards; also Scottish pre-1700 northwardis, pre-1700 northwartis. See also norwards adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adv., -wards suffix.

Etymology: < north adv. + -wards suffix. Compare Middle Dutch nortwards (Dutch noordwaarts), Middle Low German nōrtwērts, German nordwärts (1612 or earlier), Swedish †nordvarts, †nordvärts.

A. adv. In a northerly direction; towards the north.

1. With reference to direction, motion, or extent: = northward adv. 1.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 15th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adverb]

northeOE

by northc893

northwardseOE

northwardOE

benorth1087

norwarda1450

northly1480

northerly1538

northernly1576

northenwards1591

at north1625

septentrionally1646

north-about1673

norwards1673

northernly1679

northwardly1726

anorth1807

north-away1820

northbound1867

up-along1908

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Þa hie gefengon micle herehyð & þa woldon ferian norþweardes ofer Temese in on Eastseaxe ongean þa scipu.

1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 197 My Lord FitzWatere is rydyn northe-wardys.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 406 His [wiage] northwardis he tais.

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xvi It marcheth..Northwardes to the kyngdome of Surrey.

a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) cxxxiv. 2938 The king wes northwartis cumand.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 387 Minding us of returning Northwards.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier ii. 300 Accordingly his Majesty marches Northwards, with a Body of 4000 Horse.

1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 575 All the greater earthquakes, that have been felt at Jamaica, seem..to have come from the sea, and..to have gone northwards.

1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 153 It stretched northwards.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 89 Sped to a sheltering haven by winds that have northwards turned.

a1923 H. Trench Battle of Marne in Poems (1924) 190 And through forests of Compiègne Northwards by stealth, by night, The enemy his rearguards hath withdrawn.

1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald xvii. 157 Without any delay, MacDonald rushed northwards to comfort his stepmother and help with arrangements for the funeral.

2. With reference to place, location, or relative position: = northward adv. 2.

ΚΠ

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 48 Shee..shunneth it off late, and retireth more northwards.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 19 The winds so crossed vs [that] wee fell more Northwards.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 21 The Mines of Mercury in Friuli..are about a days Journey and a half distant from Goritia Northwards.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 176 From Doncaster northwards, all the windows of all the inns are scrawled with doggrel rhimes, in abuse of the Scotch nation.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. ii. 30 One grows much older northwards, my fair lord; I wonder men die south; meseems all France Smells sweet with living.

1884 T. Bracken Lays of Land of Maori & Moa 31 Up northwards, near Waikato's spreading plains, A crystal mirror shimmers.

1912 New Phytologist 11 238 The fine mountain regions..from Glamorgan northwards through Wales.

1987 T. Harrison Sel. Poems (ed. 2) 26 Northwards two hundred miles, an emptiness As big as Europe.

B. n.

The north; = northward n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [noun] > part or place

Thulec888

northdealeOE

north halfeOE

northwardeOE

north endOE

northlandOE

northdalec1175

north sidec1275

northwardc1350

northa1500

northwards1574

norlanda1578

norwardc1612

northa1631

northing1644

1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) 31 I doe take the heigth of the Sunne vnto the Northwardes.

1677 London Gaz. No. 1245/3 This morning the light Ships that were at Anchor in this Bay, loosed, and are sailed to the Northwards.

1747 Pennsylvania Gaz. 23 Apr. Another lot, bounded on the southward with part of the land of Barnabas Wilcox..; on the northwards with part of the land reputed Richard Marsh's.

1877 N. Amer. Rev. May 386 Captain Speke, hearing rumors of a lake to the northwards, pushed on alone in that direction.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 345/2 [The treaty] freed Great Britain from any fear of German competition to the northwards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	northwards
释义	northwardsadv.n. Brit. /ˈnɔːθwədz/, U.S. /ˈnɔrθwərdz/ Forms: Old English norðweardæs, Old English norþweardes, Old English norðweardes, Middle English northewardys, Middle English northwardys, 1500s northwardes, 1500s– northwards; also Scottish pre-1700 northwardis, pre-1700 northwartis. See also norwards adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adv., -wards suffix. Etymology: < north adv. + -wards suffix. Compare Middle Dutch nortwards (Dutch noordwaarts), Middle Low German nōrtwērts, German nordwärts (1612 or earlier), Swedish †nordvarts, †nordvärts. A. adv. In a northerly direction; towards the north. 1. With reference to direction, motion, or extent: = northward adv. 1.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 15th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adverb] northeOE by northc893 northwardseOE northwardOE benorth1087 norwarda1450 northly1480 northerly1538 northernly1576 northenwards1591 at north1625 septentrionally1646 north-about1673 norwards1673 northernly1679 northwardly1726 anorth1807 north-away1820 northbound1867 up-along1908 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Þa hie gefengon micle herehyð & þa woldon ferian norþweardes ofer Temese in on Eastseaxe ongean þa scipu. 1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 197 My Lord FitzWatere is rydyn northe-wardys. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 406 His [wiage] northwardis he tais. 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xvi It marcheth..Northwardes to the kyngdome of Surrey. a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) cxxxiv. 2938 The king wes northwartis cumand. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 387 Minding us of returning Northwards. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier ii. 300 Accordingly his Majesty marches Northwards, with a Body of 4000 Horse. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 575 All the greater earthquakes, that have been felt at Jamaica, seem..to have come from the sea, and..to have gone northwards. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 153 It stretched northwards. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 89 Sped to a sheltering haven by winds that have northwards turned. a1923 H. Trench Battle of Marne in Poems (1924) 190 And through forests of Compiègne Northwards by stealth, by night, The enemy his rearguards hath withdrawn. 1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald xvii. 157 Without any delay, MacDonald rushed northwards to comfort his stepmother and help with arrangements for the funeral. 2. With reference to place, location, or relative position: = northward adv. 2. ΚΠ 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 48 Shee..shunneth it off late, and retireth more northwards. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 19 The winds so crossed vs [that] wee fell more Northwards. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 21 The Mines of Mercury in Friuli..are about a days Journey and a half distant from Goritia Northwards. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 176 From Doncaster northwards, all the windows of all the inns are scrawled with doggrel rhimes, in abuse of the Scotch nation. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. ii. 30 One grows much older northwards, my fair lord; I wonder men die south; meseems all France Smells sweet with living. 1884 T. Bracken Lays of Land of Maori & Moa 31 Up northwards, near Waikato's spreading plains, A crystal mirror shimmers. 1912 New Phytologist 11 238 The fine mountain regions..from Glamorgan northwards through Wales. 1987 T. Harrison Sel. Poems (ed. 2) 26 Northwards two hundred miles, an emptiness As big as Europe. B. n. The north; = northward n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [noun] > part or place Thulec888 northdealeOE north halfeOE northwardeOE north endOE northlandOE northdalec1175 north sidec1275 northwardc1350 northa1500 northwards1574 norlanda1578 norwardc1612 northa1631 northing1644 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) 31 I doe take the heigth of the Sunne vnto the Northwardes. 1677 London Gaz. No. 1245/3 This morning the light Ships that were at Anchor in this Bay, loosed, and are sailed to the Northwards. 1747 Pennsylvania Gaz. 23 Apr. Another lot, bounded on the southward with part of the land of Barnabas Wilcox..; on the northwards with part of the land reputed Richard Marsh's. 1877 N. Amer. Rev. May 386 Captain Speke, hearing rumors of a lake to the northwards, pushed on alone in that direction. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 345/2 [The treaty] freed Great Britain from any fear of German competition to the northwards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.eOE
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