Old English · noun
suþdæl
Normalised sūþdǣl
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsuːθˌdæːl/[ˈsuːðˌdæːl]
- Syllables
- ˈsuːθ · ˌdæːl (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- regionsouthsouthernpart
Meaning
-
the south, a southern part or region
...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.
...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From sūþ (“south”) + dǣl (“part”)
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