Middle English Dictionary Entry
north-north-ēst adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | north-north-ēst adj. |
| Etymology | From north & north-ēst. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
North-northeast; ~ mone, the moon when visible in the north-northeastern part of the sky; ~ wind, a wind from the north-northeast.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)135b/b : Þe oþir is by est þat & hatte chorus, the norþ norþest wynde.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)13 : Yif ye be bounde to Caleis haven and Ride in the Doowns, and the wynde be west south west, ye must Rere at a North north est moone.