landbuend

Senses

1. inhabitant, native, dweller

   Nū snottre men swīþast lufiaþ midwist mīne; iċ moniġum sċeal wīsdōm cȳþan; nō þǣr word sprecað ǣniġ ofer eorðan, þēah nū ælda bearn londbūendra lāstas mīne swīþe sēċað. Iċ swaþe hwīlum mīne bemīþe monna ġehwylċum.

   Now wise men love my company the most; I shall tell wisdom for many; no one there speaks words over the Earth, even if now the dwellers' sons of men thoroughly seek my paths. Sometimes, I hide my roads from any of the men.

   c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 95:

2. farmer

Declension · strong nd-stem

Senses

1. settlement, colony

   Sēo landbūend is swīþost cȳpemonnum ġeseted. Þǣr bēoð weðeras ācennede on oxna micelnesse...

   That colony is mostly settled by merchants. There, rams are born the size of oxen...

   Wonders of the East