Old English · adjective
norþ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /norθ/[norˠθ]
- Syllables
- norθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- northnorthward
norþ1 · adjective
Senses
-
north
[Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð. [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | norþ | norþ | norþ |
| Accusative | norþne | norþe | norþ |
| Genitive | norþes | norþre | norþes |
| Dative | norþum | norþre | norþum |
| Instrumental | norþe | norþre | norþe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | norþe | norþanorþe | norþ |
| Accusative | norþe | norþanorþe | norþ |
| Genitive | norþra | norþra | norþra |
| Dative | norþum | norþum | norþum |
| Instrumental | norþum | norþum | norþum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | norþa | norþe | norþe |
| Accusative | norþan | norþan | norþe |
| Genitive | norþan | norþan | norþan |
| Dative | norþan | norþan | norþan |
| Instrumental | norþan | norþan | norþan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | norþan | norþan | norþan |
| Accusative | norþan | norþan | norþan |
| Genitive | norþranorþena | norþranorþena | norþranorþena |
| Dative | norþum | norþum | norþum |
| Instrumental | norþum | norþum | norþum |
norþ2 · adverb
Senses
-
north, northward
⁊ hīe Bealdrēd þone cyning norþ ofer Temese ādrifon ⁊ Cantware him tō ċirdon...
And they drove King Bealdred north over the Thames, and turned back to Kent...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *norþr. Cognate with Old High German nord and Old Norse norðr.
Descendants
north
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