eldertongue

Old English · noun

lænland

Normalised lǣnland

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈlæːnˌlɑnd/
Syllables
ˈlæːn · ˌlɑnd (2 syllables)
Modern English
loanlandloanedoccupiertemporarilypassingownership

Meaning

  1. land that is loaned or temporarily granted, without any ownership passing to the new occupier

Declension

Declension of lænland
SingularPlural
Nominative lǣnlandlǣnland
Accusative lǣnlandlǣnland
Genitive lǣnlandeslǣnlanda
Dative lǣnlandelǣnlandum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From lǣn (“loan”) + land (“land”)

Descendants

loanland

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