† northestadj.

Forms: see north adj. and -est suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adj., -est suffix.

Etymology: < north adj. + -est suffix. Compare Middle Low German nōrdeste, Old Icelandic norðastr, Old Swedish norþaster (Swedish (now archaic) nordast), Danish (now archaic) nordest.

Obsolete. rare.

Most northerly.The sense of the word in quot. 1488 is not certain; cf. variant reading.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > most

northereOE

northmosteOE

northest1488

northermost1572

northernmost1661

normost1694

far-northern1856

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 558 Behynd thaim cum and in the Northast [1570 Lekprevik ed. north eist] Raw.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiv/1 Alwey keping this speciall rule that [th]e ende or greyne of the pepin that stode next the Roete be northest i[n] the settinge.

1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 300 We thought ourselves in the northest part of England.

1875 Rep. Geol. Surv. N. Carolina 37 Its fall from the Piedmont Railroad crossing, in the northest corner of Guildford county, to its confluence with Deep River is 470 feet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	northest
释义	† northestadj. Forms: see north adj. and -est suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adj., -est suffix. Etymology: < north adj. + -est suffix. Compare Middle Low German nōrdeste, Old Icelandic norðastr, Old Swedish norþaster (Swedish (now archaic) nordast), Danish (now archaic) nordest. Obsolete. rare. Most northerly.The sense of the word in quot. 1488 is not certain; cf. variant reading. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > most northereOE northmosteOE northest1488 northermost1572 northernmost1661 normost1694 far-northern1856 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 558 Behynd thaim cum and in the Northast [1570 Lekprevik ed. north eist] Raw. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiv/1 Alwey keping this speciall rule that [th]e ende or greyne of the pepin that stode next the Roete be northest i[n] the settinge. 1749 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 300 We thought ourselves in the northest part of England. 1875 Rep. Geol. Surv. N. Carolina 37 Its fall from the Piedmont Railroad crossing, in the northest corner of Guildford county, to its confluence with Deep River is 470 feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1488
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