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Meanings of septentrion in English

Northland.

        Usage of septentrion in English
        1
        Also in the head of that sea of Galilee, toward the septentrion is a strong castle and an high that hight Saphor.
        The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
        2
        And therefore in the Septentrion, that is very north, is the land so cold, that no man may dwell there.
        The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
        3
        And on another side it stretcheth toward the Septentrion unto the sea of Caspian; and also toward the south unto the desert of Ind.
        The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
        Septentrion through the time