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Old English · adjective

suþerne

Normalised sūþerne

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈsuː.θer.ne/
[ˈsuː.ðerˠ.ne]
Syllables
ˈsuː · θer · ne (3 syllables)
Modern English
southernsouthron

Meaning

  1. southern

    Đa ġehȳrde hēo Salomones hlīsan, and cōm fram ðām sūðernum ġemærum tō Salomone binnon Hierusalem mid miċelre fare, and hire olfendas bǣron sūðerne wyrta, and dēorwurðe ġymstānas, and unġerīm goldes.

    She heard of Solomon's fame, and came to him in Jerusalem from the southern frontier with many followers. And her camels bore southern plants, and valuable gemstones, and a myriad of gold objects.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Strong declension of suþerne
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sūþernesūþernusūþernosūþerne
Accusative sūþernesūþernesūþerne
Genitive sūþernessūþernresūþernes
Dative sūþernumsūþernresūþernum
Instrumental sūþernesūþernresūþerne
Plural
Nominative sūþernesūþernasūþernesūþernusūþerno
Accusative sūþernesūþernasūþernesūþernusūþerno
Genitive sūþernrasūþernrasūþernra
Dative sūþernumsūþernumsūþernum
Instrumental sūþernumsūþernumsūþernum
Weak declension of suþerne
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sūþernasūþernesūþerne
Accusative sūþernansūþernansūþerne
Genitive sūþernansūþernansūþernan
Dative sūþernansūþernansūþernan
Instrumental sūþernansūþernansūþernan
Plural
Nominative sūþernansūþernansūþernan
Accusative sūþernansūþernansūþernan
Genitive sūþernrasūþernenasūþernrasūþernenasūþernrasūþernena
Dative sūþernumsūþernumsūþernum
Instrumental sūþernumsūþernumsūþernum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz.

Descendants

southern, southron

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