1geog.north-west, north-western inter-cardinal point (or its direction):
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Deu [...] un vent lor dona - del norwest [est] ventant
105
(
s.xiii3/4;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
En France ad une province ke jadis fu apelee Belgica, si out le nun aprés une cité ke jadis fu apelee Belgis. Ceste province, sicum dist Orosius, si ad [...] devers le northwest la mer de Engleterre [...]
15
(
MS: s.xiv1
)
vendra un poeple hors de northwest
160
northwest (c.1170)