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norþ

  • adverb
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norþ, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §301; §446; §558;
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with reference to movement, direction, or extent
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  • Sum feówertig scipa fóron norþ ymbútan,

      Chr. 894; P. 86, 9.
  • Fela hund manna hí námon, and lǽddon norð mid heom,

      1064; P. 192, 9.
  • Hit is án hund and syfan and fíftig mila lang súð and norð,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 28, 8.
  • Ealle Asiam . . . súð fram þǽm Reádan Sǽ and swá norð oþ þone sǽ þe man hǽt Euxinus,

      1, 2; S. 30, 1.
  • Him is ðæt heáfod súð gewend and þá fét norð,

      Shrn. 66, 24. ¶
    the word is of constant occurrence in the lists of boundaries given in charters.
with reference to place or location
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  • Swá hit súð licgeð ymbe Gealboe and ymb Geador norð,

      Sal. 191: 188.
  • Þá wæs hé swá feor norþ swá þá hwælhuntan firrest faraþ,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 11.
  • Ne bið nán niht. . . for ðám ðe seó sunne byð þonne swá feorr norð ágán,

      Lch. iii. 260, 6.
  • Wǽron norð of ðǽm stáne áwexene bearwas,

      Bl. H. 209, 32.
  • Mid fleáme cóm on his cýþþe norð Costontinus,

      Chr. 937; P. 108, 19.
  • Þonne þunor cumeð west oððe norð, Archiv cxx. 48, 20.
  • Þæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro,

      Gen. 275.
  • Þætte súð ne norð óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre,

      B. 858.
  • Súð oððe norð,

      Víd. 138 : Met. 10, 24.
  • Norð arid eást,

      13, 59.
  • Se winterlica móna gǽð norþor þonne seó sunne gá on sumera,

      Lch. iii. 252, 12. v. eást-, west-norþ.
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  • norþ, adv.