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wealh-land

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wealh-land, es; n.
a foreign land
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  • Ǽghwǽr eorðan dǽr wit earda leás mid wealandum wunian (winnan,

      MS.) sceoldon (cf. mé ellþeódigne, l. 20), Cd. Th. 163, 30; Gen. 2706.
Normandy (cf. Icel. í Vallandi er síðan var kallat Norðmandi)
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  • Com Eádweard hider tó lande of Weallande (fram begeondan sǽ,

    v. l.

    ),
      Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 27.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. Walho-lant Gallia.]
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v.  wealand.
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