North, 1) septentrion: “the sharp wind of the n.” Tp. I, 2, 254. “I from the n.” John II, 411. “from n. to south,” John II, 411 “from the n. to south,” H4A I, 3, 196. “higher toward the n.” Caes. II, 1, 109. “you are now sailed into the n. of my lady's opinion,” Tw. III, 2, 28. n. from == to the north of: H4A III, 1, 96. “by east, west, n. and south,” LLL V, 2, 566. “from east, west, n. and south,” Wint. I, 2, 203. “they take their courses east, west, n., south,” H4B IV, 2, 104. Cor. II, 3, 24. Adjectively: “the n. gate,” Gent. III, 1, 258. Gent. III, 1, 258 H6A I, 4, 66. “the n. star,” Ado II, 1, 258. “the n. pole,” LLL V, 2, 699. “on this n. side,” H4A III, 1, 113. Tit. II, 3, 255.
2) the country lying opposite to the south: “the Hotspur of the n.” H4A II, 4, 115. H4A II, 4, 115 “the Percies of the n.” H6A II, 5, 67. “the lordly monarch of the n.” V, 3, 6 (i. e. Lucifer; cf. Isaiah XIV, 13). “the horsemen of the n.” H6C I, 1, 2. “the frozen bosom of the n.” Rom. I, 4, 101. “I toward the n.” R2 V, 1, 76. R3 III, 2, 17. “news came from the n.” H4A I, 1, 51. H4B II, 4, 386. “at Berwick in the n.” H6B II, 1, 83. R3 IV, 4, 484. R3 IV, 4, 484 H8 II, 2, 4. “nor entreat the n. to make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips,” John V, 7, 39. the grisly n. disgorges such a tempest forth, Per. III Prol. 47.
3) the Aquilon: “I will speak as liberal as the n.” Oth. V, 2, 220 (Q air). “the tyrannous breathing of the n.” Cymb. I, 3, 36. “the wind was n.” Per. IV, 1, 52.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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