septentrion

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Au levant, au septentrion et au midi, elle a une grande plaine; au ponant, une montagne au pied de laquelle sont batis les faubourgs.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

Also in the head of that sea of Galilee, toward the septentrion is a strong castle and an high that hight Saphor. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir