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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

south adv., adj. OE.; sb XIII. OE. sūð = OS. sūth (LG. sud), OHG. sunt, ON. (with r-suffix) suð (:- *sunþr).
So southerly (-LY1) XVI. southern. OE. sūðerne. Also comp. southeast, southwest, southward(s) OE.

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