Old English · adjective
suþ
Normalised sūþ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /suːθ/
- Syllables
- suːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- south
Meaning
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south
[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 | sūþ | sūþ | sūþ |
| Accusative | sūþne | sūþe | sūþ |
| Genitive | sūþes | sūþre | sūþes |
| Dative | sūþum | sūþre | sūþum |
| Instrumental | sūþe | sūþre | sūþe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sūþe | sūþasūþe | sūþ |
| Accusative | sūþe | sūþasūþe | sūþ |
| Genitive | sūþra | sūþra | sūþra |
| Dative | sūþum | sūþum | sūþum |
| Instrumental | sūþum | sūþum | sūþum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sūþa | sūþe | sūþe |
| Accusative | sūþan | sūþan | sūþe |
| Genitive | sūþan | sūþan | sūþan |
| Dative | sūþan | sūþan | sūþan |
| Instrumental | sūþan | sūþan | sūþan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sūþan | sūþan | sūþan |
| Accusative | sūþan | sūþan | sūþan |
| Genitive | sūþrasūþena | sūþrasūþena | sūþrasūþena |
| Dative | sūþum | sūþum | sūþum |
| Instrumental | sūþum | sūþum | sūþum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sunþ Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ▲ Proto-Germanic *sunþraz Proto-Germanic *sunþrą Proto-West Germanic *sunþr Old English suþ From Proto-West Germanic *sunþ, *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą, whence also Old High German sunt, Old Norse suðr.
Descendants
south
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