westannorþan
Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to westan (“from the west”) + norþan (“from the north”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwes.tɑnˌnor.θɑn/, [ˈwes.tɑnˌnorˠ.ðɑn]
Adverb
westannorþan
- from or to the northwest
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Þonne bē westannorðan Ibernia is þaet ȳtemeste land þæt man hæt Thīla...
- Then to the northwest of Ibernia is the outermost land, which is known as Thule...
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “westan-norþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.