northern

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
  2. adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
  3. adjective situated in or oriented toward the north

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn. Morphologically north + -ern.

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