Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒuth-ēst adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒuth-ēst adv. Also (error) southyest. |
| Etymology | OE sūþ-ēast adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Toward the southeast, in a southeasterly direction; naut. ~ and bi est (south), in a direction one compass point east (south) of southeast; ~ and north-west, north-west and ~, on a line or course lying northwest-southeast.
Associated quotations
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)11 : Tilmouth is tide north est and South west betwene the hedelonde and houndeclif fote, the cours is northwest and southest.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)11 : Yif ye have an ebbe, go southest and by Est.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)16 : Use and be lile lien south est and northwest.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)17 : Cille and the holde hede of Hinderfforde south yest [read: est] and by est, north west and by west.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)19 : Yif ye be bounde south warde, ye shall go south est and by south.