anorthadv.
/əˈnɔːθ/, U.S. /əˈnɔrθ/ U.S. Now rare.
To the north; northward.
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northeOE
by northc893
northwardseOE
northwardOE
benorth1087
norwarda1450
northly1480
northerly1538
northernly1576
northenwards1591
at north1625
septentrionally1646
north-about1673
norwards1673
northernly1679
northwardly1726
anorth1807
north-away1820
northbound1867
up-along1908
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 35 Anorth from that broad gulph..A happier hemisphere invites thy view.
1849 R. W. Landis Liberty's Triumph xxii. 447 From illness, all prostrated now Morgan anorth compelled is to retire.
1908 Rock Rapids (Iowa) Reporter 13 Aug. 1/4 A 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Heronimous was badly chewed up by a farm dog at their home, eight miles anorth of town.
1948 Daily Independent (Murphysboro, Illinois) 10 Jan. 1/1 The Jacquot farm is located about four miles northeast of Murphysboro, just anorth of the De Soto blacktop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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adv.1807- to hold waken
- to hold ward
- to hold way
- to hold weight with
- to hold with
- to hold with arch for
- to hold with arch of
- to hold with arch on
- to hold with his bill in the water
- to hold with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- to hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- to hold, clepe, bind, call to warrantise
- to hold, have scorn at, of
- to hold, keep a or one's seat
- to hold, keep a thing dern
- to hold, keep dern
- to hold, keep in suspense
- to hold, keep tack
- to hold, keep tryst
- to hold, keep war or wars
- to hold, keep ward
- to hold, keep wedlock
- to hold, keep, break covenant
- to hold, keep, owe, swear fay
- to hold, keep, owe, swear one's fay