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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sunþ, *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą, whence also Old High German sunt, Old Norse suðr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sūþ (comparative sūþra, superlative sūþmest)
- south
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
[Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.- is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.
Declension
Declension of sūþ — Strong
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