septemtrioun

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septentriō, septentriōnem. Compare Modern English septentrion.

Noun

septemtrioun

septentrion
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Monkes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, line 2467:
  Bothe est and weste, [south], and septemtrioun.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

septemtrioun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.