besouthadv.prep.

Brit.

/bᵻˈsaʊθ/, U.S.

/bəˈsaʊθ/,

/biˈsaʊθ/, Scottish English

/bᵻˈsʌʊθ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s besowth.

Etymology: < be- prefix + south adv.: compare be-east, be-north.

now Scottish.

A. adv.

Towards the south, southwards.

ΚΠ

α.

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 9 Þæt sint India gemæro þær þær Caucasus se beorg is be norþan, & Indus seo ea be westan, & seo Reade Sæ be suþan, & garsecg be eastan.

1615 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 325 And thairfra doun the lauche, east and be southen or thairby.

B. prep.

On the south side of; to the south of.

ΚΠ

α.

1858 National Mag. 3 199 Ower to the minister's hoose, And awa' by Soothin toon.

β. c1410 Sir Cleges 473 A gest..Of a knyght there be-sowth.1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 85 29 degrees besouthe the tropike of Capricorne.1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 918 in Wks. (1931) I The borrow mure, Besouth Edinburgh.1650 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 28 This present Act shall..take Effect for these be-south the Water of Die.1862 M. Napier Mem. Life Visct. Dundee II. 342 Perth besouth the river Earn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	besouth
释义	besouthadv.prep. Brit. /bᵻˈsaʊθ/, U.S. /bəˈsaʊθ/, /biˈsaʊθ/, Scottish English /bᵻˈsʌʊθ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s besowth. Etymology: < be- prefix + south adv.: compare be-east, be-north. now Scottish. A. adv. Towards the south, southwards. ΚΠ α. eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. i. 9 Þæt sint India gemæro þær þær Caucasus se beorg is be norþan, & Indus seo ea be westan, & seo Reade Sæ be suþan, & garsecg be eastan. 1615 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 325 And thairfra doun the lauche, east and be southen or thairby. B. prep. On the south side of; to the south of. ΚΠ α. 1858 National Mag. 3 199 Ower to the minister's hoose, And awa' by Soothin toon. β. c1410 Sir Cleges 473 A gest..Of a knyght there be-sowth.1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 85 29 degrees besouthe the tropike of Capricorne.1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 918 in Wks. (1931) I The borrow mure, Besouth Edinburgh.1650 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 28 This present Act shall..take Effect for these be-south the Water of Die.1862 M. Napier Mem. Life Visct. Dundee II. 342 Perth besouth the river Earn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.prep.eOE
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