(a) The northern cardinal point or its direction; aye(nes (into, til, to, toward) the ~, o ~, to the north; haven ani part of the ~, of the wind: to blow from any northerly direction; (b) bi (the) ~, to the north (of; from the north; of the ~, from the north; bi ~ and (bi) south, in every direction; everywhere; bi ~ ne (no) bi south, anywhere; bi ~ or south, anywhere; from any direction; naut. northwest and bi ~, of the sixteen smallest compass points: one point north of northwest.

(a) A northern region; the northern regions of the world; (b) the northern part of Britain, esp. the region beyond the Humber; -- also in surn.; (c) the northern part of heaven; (d) the northern sky.

The north wind.