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Old English
Etymology
From sūþ (“south”) + dǣl (“part”)
Pronunciation
Noun
sūþdǣl m
- the south, a southern part or region
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.- ...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..
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