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eá-land

  • noun [ neuter ]
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eá-land, -lond, es; n.
Water-land, an island; insŭla [eás land island, lit. water's land, land of water, v. gen. eás in eá]
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  • Ne geseah nán cépa eáland

    no merchant visited the island,

    • Bt. 15
    • ;
    • Fox 48,
    • 13.
  • Ðæs fægerne gefeán habbaþ eálanda mænig

    latentur insŭlæ multæ,

    • Ps. Th. 96,
    • 1.
  • Cumaþ hí of eálandum útan

    they shall come forth from the islands,

    • 71,
    • 10.
  • Swylce he eác Orcadas ða eálond to Rómwara ríce geþeódde

    Orcădas ĕtiam insŭlas Rōmāno adjēcit impĕrio,

    • Bd. 1. 3
    • ;
    • S. 475, 13: Beo. Th. 4657
    • ;
    • B. 2334: Exon. 52a
    • ;
    • Th. 181,
    • 27;
    • Gú. 1299: 96 b
    • ;
    • Th. 360,
    • 27;
    • Wal. 12: 361,
    • 17;
    • Wal. 21: 60a
    • ;
    • Th. 217,
    • 28;
    • Ph. 287
    • .
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v. íg-land.
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v.  eálond íg-land.
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