Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒuth-ēst adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒuth-ēst adj. Also southeste, southeest(e, sotheeste, sowh-est. |
| Etymology | OE sūþ-ēast- adj. (in cpds.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lying toward or situated in the southeast; ~ wind, a wind from the southeast.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)172b/a : The south eeste partie þer of [Alania] streccheþ vpward fro þe see Pontus and is ioynede alle to þe greete see.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.23v : Ner a toun þey callen Chetham, by sowh-est half þer þu mayst gon a myle & more by vsed cartwey, & þer-ryȝt noȝt groweþ but..gres.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)25a/b : Eureastor: Souþe este wynde.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)114b : Þe secounde principal wynde is þe southerne wynd; þis haþ on his right side þe south est wynde & þe south west wynde on his lift side.
- (1461) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.18 : They fynde there..the same wall wt the voide grounde stretching westward unwalled from the west ende of the said wall unto the southe est cornere of a Coyne of the said tenement.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)117b : Sowthest wynde: Euriaster, Nothus.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)19/112a : Fonsolanus: soþe este wynd.
2.
As noun: (a) the point or direction lying midway between east and south; also, the southeastern part of England; bi the ~, from the southeast; (b) the southeast wind.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)175 : Fram douere in to chestre tilleþ watelinge stret Fram souþest to þe norþwest, & þat is somdel gret.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.173 : Bulgaria..haþ in þe est side Mesia, in þe souþ est Historia, in þe west Alpes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.47 : The secounde chief kynges hiȝe wey hatte Watlynge strete and streccheþ þwart ouer Fosse out of þe souþ est in to þe norþ west.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)169/3 : The xij yf hyt [wind] be by the northe or northe Est or sowthe est.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)466 : Sowthe eest: Euroauster.