Obs. [f. SOUTH + -LY1. Cf. MDu. zude-, zuydelic, Du. zuidelijk, WFris. súdlik, G. südlich, Da. sydlig.] Southern, southerly.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 466/2. Sowthely, or sum what be sowthe, australis.
1570. Levins, Manip., 100. Southly, australis.
1579[?]. Sheldon Tapestry Map (in Bodl. Libr.), This sowthly part which hear below towards Glocester fall.