单词 | southen |
释义 | southenadj. Scottish in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass southeOE northeOE northerneOE easternOE southernOE south-easternOE north-easternOE westernOE south-westernOE southena1325 north-east1379 east-north-easta1398 east-south-easta1398 north-north-easta1398 north-westa1398 south-southeasta1398 south-westc1400 south-easta1425 nor'-westa1500 south-southwesta1522 north-westera1525 northerlya1544 southerly1550 south-southeast?1560 south-easterly1577 north-north-west1601 subprincipal1601 southernly1610 north-westerly1611 easternly1614 northernly1632 westwardly1653 northwardly1654 north-easterly1686 southwardly1693 southwesterly1703 eastling1725 south-southeasterly1803 westland1818 south-southwesterly1822 north-western1829 north-north-easterly1831 southwesterly1883 nor-nor-east1891 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3084 A suðen wind is flig[t] up-wond, And blew ðat day. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lxxvii. 30 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 210 (MED) He forthbroght southenwind [L. austrum] fra heuen, And inled affryke in þar might euen. c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 128 Southyn wyndys that som tyme blowe, Makyn mastys to bowen. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) i. ii. f. 4 The southen wynde greuouse. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 48 Auster or meridional vynd quhilk the vulgaris callis southyn vynd. 1568 G. Skeyne Breue Descriptioun Pest ii. sig. A3v With greit sowthin wynde. ΚΠ ?c1800 Gay Goshawk xvii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 483 If that I die in southen land, In Scotland bury me. Compounds southen sea n. Scottish (Shetland) (in Papa Stour) a heavy sea driven by a south-westerly gale against the south-west coast. ΚΠ 2010 G. P. S. Peterson Let. 6 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) In Papa reference can also be made to ‘Da southeen sea’, coming from the SW, roughly past the island of Foula... There is a heavy Atlantic swell with a southeen sea, which can run for days at a time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † southenadv. Obsolete. 1. From the south. southen-wind n. a wind blowing from the south. ΚΠ OE Genesis B 807 Hu sculon wit nu libban oððe on þys lande wesan, gif her wind cymð, westan oððe eastan, suðan oððe norðan? OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 134 Auster uel Nothus, suðen wind. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) Pref. Þa gelamp hit þæt Pihtas coman suðan of Scithian mid langum scipum na manegum. lOE Canterbury Psalter lxxvii. 26 Et excitavit austrum de caelo et induxit in virtute sua affricum : & he æwehte suðenwind [eOE Vespasian Psalter suðanwind, eOE Royal Psalter suþerne wind] of heofonum & geledde on megne his suðenwestenwind. 2. In or to the south, southwards. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adverb] southeOE southrighteOE southwardeOE southwardseOE southenOE downwarda1387 south'ard1485 south side1489 southlya1552 downwards1577 southerly1577 southwardly1579 southernly1594 south-by1762 a-south1807 south-away1816 downbound1880 southbound1891 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1013 Þa ne dohte naðer þisse leode ne suðan ne norðan. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1167 Suðen he wente & wunede in geraris. PhrasesWith prepositions. on southen: in or to the south, southwards. with southen (as compound preposition): south of. See also besouth adv. and prep.In prepositional use in Old English with accusative or dative. ΚΠ eOE Bounds (Sawyer 35) in A. Campbell Charters of Rochester (1973) 12 On eastan is Culinga gemære, & on suðan Clifwara gemære. eOE Bounds (Sawyer 449) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 448 Wiþ suþan æþelferþes stane. OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 16 Wið suðan þone Sciringesheal fylð swyðe mycel sæ up in on ðæt lond. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.a1325adv.eOE |
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