northerly (norwherli)

[ As Superstition, the daughter of Barbarism and Ignorance, so amongst those northerly nations, like as in America, magic was most esteemed. Selden, Illustrations of Drayton's Polyolbion, note 7. 2. Proceeding from the north. tor northward; north declination.-2. In nav. and surv., the distance of latitude reckoned northward from the last point of reckoning: opposed to southing.-3. Deviation toward the north. When a wind blows from a direction to the northward of east or west, it is said to have northing in it. northland (nôrth'land), n. and a. [ II. a. Of or pertaining to a land in the north. North man (north'man), n .; pl. North men (-men). [ North man , North man (= OHG. Nordman = MHG. Nortman, North man, Norman, G. Nordmann = Icel. Nordhmadhr (pl. Nordhmenn) = Dan. Norm and , a North man (Norwegian, etc.)), north , north, + man , man. Hence Norman1 .) An inhabitant of the north - that is, of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, etc.; a Scand in avian; in a restricted sense, an inhabitant of Norway. The North men were noted for their skill and daring on the sea, and for their expeditions against Great Britain and other parts of northern and western Europe from the eighth to the eleventh century. They founded permanent settlements in some places, as the Orkneys, He brides, etc., and in northern France, where they were called Normans. According to the Icelandic sages (whose historical value is, however, disputed), a North man, Leif Eric on, visited the shores of Nova Scotia and New England about A. D. 1000.