adv. and prep. Also bynorth. [OE. be northan, f. BE- prep. and pref. + norþan adv. from the north; cf. beforan, behindan.]
† A. adv. To the north. Obs.
1087. O. E. Chron. Se b[isceop] of Dunholme dyde to hearme þæt he mihte ofer ealle be norðan.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., II. 437. And ȝe in peice to bruik the laue benorth.
B. prep. North of. Now only Sc.
1387. Trevisa, Descr. Brit. (Caxton), 12. Tetbury that is thre myle bynorth Malmesbury.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. i. 18. Wardanys be-north þe scottis se.
1533. Act 25 Hen. VIII., iv. Anie place … benorth the riuer of Humbre.
1676. Row, Suppl. Blair’s Autobiog., x. (1848), 206. Athol and other engagers be-north Tay.
1854. Blackw. Mag., LXXV. 337. Be-north the Forth.
