Middle English Dictionary Entry
norther adj. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | norther adj. & adv. |
| Etymology | From north . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) As adj.: more northern; northern; also in place name; (b) as adv.: further north.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)361 : Þis holie man..prechede a day at Oxenford..In alle halewene church-ȝerd, In þe norþure side [Hrl: norþ side].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)25/19 : Thys was the causis of the northir hoste, that they were rered for the despite and rebuke that the..kyngis had at Carlyon.
- -?-(a1300) Cart.Newminster in Sur.Soc.66229 : Item, in le Sutherholme duas acras; in le Northerholme tres rodas.
b
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2674 : Þo ferde he norþer [Clg: norður ma] and one neuwe borh makede.