Old English · noun
ealand
Normalised ēaland
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑːˌlɑnd/
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑː · ˌlɑnd (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- island
Meaning
-
island
...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.
...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Cognate with Old Frisian alond, āland, eiland, Old Norse eyland.
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