Middle English Dictionary Entry
bisǒuthe adv. & prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | bisǒuthe adv. & prep. |
| Etymology | OE besūþan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In or to the south; (b) south of, to the south of.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5063 : Þat lond..Al bar wiþoute defence, binorþe & eke bisouþe.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)363 : In to anoþer londe I schel þe sende Fer be souþe.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)485 : An harpor sange a gest be mowth Of a knyȝt there be sowth.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2828 : Led..Bisouþe þe borw un-to a grene..And þere..bunden til a stake.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2551 : Þou miȝt siker be bisouþe homber.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.5 : Dorchestre is sevene myle besouthe þe citee Oxenford.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: This entry has been deprecated, since the phrase bi south (along with all the examples originally included here) is more fully treated under south n.(2), senses 1.(b) and (c).