(a) The southern cardinal point or its direction; also, the point representing south on an astrolabe; ?also, north [= borias in quot. 1483, but prob. erron.]; in-to the ~, facing south; o ~, to the south; verrei ~, due south; wind of the ~, a wind from the south; (b) bi ~, southward, in or to the south; also, as prep.: south of; also, as noun: a southerly direction [quot. c1450]; bi the ~; est (west, south-est, south-west) and bi ~, naut. one compass point south of east (west, southeast, southwest); est bi ~, the first division south of the east line on an astrolabe [some exx. in (b) may be shortened forms of OE be sūþan but are more conveniently treated here; (c) in phrases indicating universality: bi north and (and bi, ne bi, no bi, or) ~, etc., everywhere, anywhere, etc.; from est to west from north to ~, from the ~ til the north, of north and ~, everywhere; (d) ?error for sonne n.

(a) A southern region; a southern part of a particular country or region; the southern regions of the world; quene of the ~, the Queen of Sheba; (b) the southern part of Britain; (c) the southern part of the sky.

(a) The south wind; (b) the south line on an astrolabe [cp. south line, s.v. south adj. (b)]; (c) at a ~ and bi est, in the direction of the moon when visible in the sky one compass point east of south.

In surname.