▪ I. † southen, a. Obs.
Forms: 1–3 suðen, 5 soþen; 4 southen, 5, 6 Sc., southyn.
[f. south adv. + -en4, or repr. OE. s{uacu}ðan adv. (= MDu. and MLG. suden, OHG. sundan, ON. sunnan) ‘from the south’, in the comb. s{uacu}ðanwind.]
Of the wind: South, southerly.
| c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 143 Auster, uel nothus, suðen wind. c 1150 Canterbury Ps. lxxvii. 26 And he æwehte suðenwind [Vesp. Ps. suðanwind] of heofonum. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3084 A suðen wind is fliȝt up-wond, And blew ðat day. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvii. 30 He forth⁓broght southenwind fra heuen. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. lxi. (Bodl. MS.), The norþen winde greueth þe fige tree more þan þe soþen winde. 14.. in Hartshorne Anc. Met. Tales 128 Southyn wyndys that som tyme blowe, Makyn mastys to bowen. 1549 Compl. Scotl. vi. 61 Auster or meridional vynd, quhilk the vulgaris callis southyn vynd. |
▪ II. † ˈsouthen, adv. Obs.—1
In 3 suðen.
[Misuse of OE. s{uacu}ðan, or error for suð.]
Southwards.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1167 Suðen he wente & wunede in geraris. |