southerne

Middle English

Alternative forms

southern, southorn, souþerne, souþþerne, suðerne, souþrene, sotheren, southren, sotherin, sowþirne

Etymology

From Old English sūþerne, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrōnijaz. Equivalent to south +‎ -erne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsuːðərn(ə)/, /ˈsuðərn(ə)/

Adjective

southerne

southern (of the south)

Descendants

English: southern, southron
Scots: soothren

References

“sǒuthern(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.

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