suþ

See also: suth, suy, suð, and súð

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunþ, *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą, whence also Old High German sunt, Old Norse suðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːθ/

Adjective

sūþ (comparative sūþra, superlative sūþmest)

1. south
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.

     [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

Declension

Declension of sūþ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sūþ	sūþ	sūþ
Accusative	sūþne	sūþe	sūþ
Genitive	sūþes	sūþre	sūþes
Dative	sūþum	sūþre	sūþum
Instrumental	sūþe	sūþre	sūþe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sūþe	sūþa, sūþe	sūþ
Accusative	sūþe	sūþa, sūþe	sūþ
Genitive	sūþra	sūþra	sūþra
Dative	sūþum	sūþum	sūþum
Instrumental	sūþum	sūþum	sūþum

Declension of sūþ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sūþa	sūþe	sūþe
Accusative	sūþan	sūþan	sūþe
Genitive	sūþan	sūþan	sūþan
Dative	sūþan	sūþan	sūþan
Instrumental	sūþan	sūþan	sūþan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sūþan	sūþan	sūþan
Accusative	sūþan	sūþan	sūþan
Genitive	sūþra, sūþena	sūþra, sūþena	sūþra, sūþena
Dative	sūþum	sūþum	sūþum
Instrumental	sūþum	sūþum	sūþum

Derived terms

• Sūþanhymbre
• sūþdǣl
• Sūþdene

Descendants

• Middle English: south, souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht, zouth (Kent)
  • English: south
  • Scots: sooth
  • Yola: zouth
• → Old French: sud, su
  • Middle French: sud
    • French: sud