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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Septentrion(e, Septemtrion, n. [ME Septemtrioun (Chaucer), septentryon (1503), OF septentriun, septemtrion, MF septentrion (c1155, c1160 and c1380 in Larousse), L. septentriōnes pl. the seven stars near the north pole called also the Wain, and the Great or Little Bear; the northern regions, the north.] The north; the northern regions. Also attrib. — 1549 Compl. 50/17.
The tropic of Cancer … is distant xxiij degreis xxx munetis fra the equinoctial touart septemtrion 1549 Compl. 62/2.
The thrid collateral vynd is callit aquilon quhilk is betuix septemtrion and subsolanus; the vulgaris callis it northest 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 24.
Duelling in luging patent towart the occident or septentrione, far fra corruptioun a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlviii 73.
We shaip to saill neir the septentrion, Touards the north, and helthsome regione Nou callit Scotland —attrib. 1632 Lithgow Trav. vii 318.
The sunne declining northward … and warming … the septentrion sides of these Cynthian mountaynes