septentrion
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septentrion
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From Middle English septentrion, septentrione, septemtryones, septemtrioun, from Latin septentriō, septentriōnem (“the northern regions, the north”) directly and through Old French septentrïon, septemtrion, from septentriōnēs (“the seven stars near the north pole”) (called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the “seven plow oxen”); from septem (“seven”) + triō, originally a plow ox (compare triōnēs, from its plural). Cognate with French septentrion, Middle English septemtrioun.
noun septentrions · septentriones
- The north or northern regions. Thou art as opposite to every good / As the Antipodes are unto us, / Or as the south to the septentrion.
adjective more septentrion · most septentrion · septentriones
- Of or relating to the north; northern. From cold septentrion blaſts
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title = {septentrion},
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