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þeód-land

  • noun [ neuter ]
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þeód-land, es; n.
an inhabited district, a region, country
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  • Fromcyme folde weorðeþ, þeódlond monig, ðíne gefylled,

      Cd. Th. 106, 4; Gen. 1766.

  • Ðá becwom ic on Caspiain ðæt lond; ðá wæs ðǽr seó wæstmberendeste eorþe ðæs þeódlondes, and ic swíðe wundrade ða gesǽlignesse ðære eorðan

    Caspias portas peruenimus, ubi cum fertilissimarum regionum admirarer felicitatem,

      Nar. 5, 21.

  • Tó wrítanne be ðæm þeódlonde Indie

    scribendum de regionibus Indie,

      1, 15.

  • Wé neáléhtan ðæm þeódlonde (

    regioni

    ),
      26, 12.

  • Hé forþférde on Middel-Englum on ðam ðeódlande (

    regione

    ) ðe is nemned on
      Feppingum, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 35.

  • On ðam ðeódlande (

    regione

    ) ðe is gecýged
      Élíge, 4, 19; S. 588, 1.

  • Gotan geþrungon þeódlond monig,

      Met. 1, 3.

  • Sculon ágan eaforan ðíne þeódlanda gehwilc,

      Cd. Th. 133, 15; Gen. 2211.

  • On Cantwara mǽgþe and eác on ðám ðeódlandum ðe ðǽrtó geþeódde wǽron (

    in contiguis eidem regionibus

    ),
      Bd. pref.; S. 471, 26.

  • Ðá férdon wé on óþer þeódlond India

    in alias Indie profecti regiones,

      Nar. 22, 2.

  • Wé fram dæge tó óþrum geáxiaþ ungecyndelíco wítu geond þeódland (

    throughout the world

    ) tó mannum cumene,
      Blickl. Homl. 107, 26.

  • Hé wearð wíde geond þeódland geweorðad,

      Chr. 959; Erl. 119, 23: Exon. Th. 19, 26; Cri. 306.
the continent(?)
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  • Fýr cymþ and hit gefealþ ǽrest on Sceotta land ... and hit ðonne færþ on Brytwealas ... and ðonne hit færþ on Angelcyn ... Ðonne hit færþ súð ofer sǽ geond ðæt þeódland (on ða þeódland,

      215, 18),
    and hit ðǽr forbærnþ ðæt mancyn, swá hit hér ǽr dyde, Wulfst. 205, 13.
Etymology
[Icel. þjóð-land a country.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeód-land.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31696.

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