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LAND

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
LAND, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §50; §59; §276; §343; §562;
LAND as opposed to water or air, earth
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  • Wé ðec in lyft gelǽddun oftugon ðé landes wynna

    we led thee aloft, earth's pleasures withdrew from thee,

    • Exon. 39 b
      • ;
    • Th. 130, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 438
      • .

  • Ðá siððan tóférdon ða apostolas wíde landes geond ealle ðás world

    then afterwards the apostles separated and went far and wide on earth, throughout all this world,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 21
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 372, 6
      • :
    • Wulfst. 105, 6
      • .

  • Monigra folca ceápstów of lande and of sǽ cumendra

    multorum emporium populorum terra marique venientium,

    • Bd. 2, 3
      • ;
    • S. 504, 19
      • .

  • Úsic æt lande gebrohte,

    • 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 614, 10
      • .

  • Hig tugon hyra scypo tó lande

    subductis ad terram navibus,

    • Lk. Skt. 5, 11
      • .

  • Ðá cómon hié tó londe on Cornwalum,

    • Chr. 891
      • ;
    • Erl. 88, 11
      • .

  • Wǽron ða menn uppe on londe of ágáne,

    • 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 95, 24
      • .

  • Án scip flotigende swá néh ðan lande swá hit nýxt mǽge,

    • 1031
      • ;
    • Erl. 162, 7
      • .

  • Ðá gesundrod wæs lago wið lande.

    • Cd. 8
      • ;
    • Th. 10, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 163
      • .

  • Cam ðá tó lande swíðmód swymman,

    • Beo. Th. 3250
      • ;
    • B. 1623
      • .

  • Stile þynceþ lyft ofer londe.

    • Exon. 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 383, 15
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 11
      • .

  • Lifigende ða ðe land tredaþ

    living creatures that walk the earth,

    • Cd. 10
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 203
      • .
a land, country, region, district, province
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  • Ðæs landes gold ys golda sélost

    aurum terræ illius optimum est,

    • Gen. 2, 12.

  • Is seó cirice on Campania ðæs landes gemǽro

    the church is on the borders of the land of Campania,

    • Blickl. Homl. 197, 19
      • .

  • Úres landes mann

    nostras:

    eówres landes mann

    vestras,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 15
      • ;
    • Zup. 94, 8
      • :
    • 102, 21
      • .

  • Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn

    ne ineas pactum cum hominibus illarum regionum,

    • Ex. 34, 15
      • .

  • Twegen landes menn and án ælþeódig,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 26, 20
      • .

  • Twegen sacerdas ðe ǽr on lífe wǽron his landes menn

    two priests who before, when living, had been his countrymen,

    • 342, 3
      • .

  • Ðá cómon ða landes menn

    [the Northumbrians ]

    tógeánes him and hine ofslógon,

    • Chr. 1068
      • ;
    • Erl. 205, 2
      • .

  • Hí wǽron of Galiléam ðæm lande,

    • Blickl. Homl. 123, 21
      • .

  • Hé leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte

    he could not live longer in that country,

    • 113, 11
      • .

  • On Lindesse lande

    in provincia Lindissi,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 558, 34
      • .

  • Andreas sette his hand ofer ðara wera eágan ðe ðǽr on lande wǽron

    Andrew placed his hand upon the eyes of the men who were there in that country,

    • Blickl. Homl. 239, 3
      • .

  • Ceólwulf and Eádbald of ðæm londe áfóron

    Ceolwulf and Eadbald left the country,

    • Chr. 794
      • ;
    • Erl. 58, 6
      • .

  • Ælþeódige mæn of lande mid heora ǽhtum and mid synnum gewíten

    let foreigners depart from the country with their goods and with their sins,

    • L. Wih. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 38, 2
      • .

  • Þerh óðer woeg eft gecerrdon in lond hiera

    per aliam viam reversi sunt in regionem suam,

    • Mt. Kmbl, Lind. 2, 12
      • .

  • Mid ðý hí ðider cóman on land

    cum illo advenissent,

    • Bd. 5, 10
      • ;
    • S. 624, 1
      • .

  • Ðæt wǽron ða ǽrestan scipu Deniscra monna ðe Angelcynnes lond gesóhton,

    • Chr. 787
      • ;
    • Erl. 56, 16
      • .

  • Ǽlc ðæra landa ðe ǽnigne friþige ðæra ðe Ængla land hergie

    every land that affords protection to any of those that harry England,

    • L. Eth. ii. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 284, 17
      • .

  • Ðá lǽdde hé mé on fyrran lænd

    cum me in ulteriora produceret,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 9
      • .

  • In ða nésta gemǽro and londo [lond, Rush.]

    in proximas villas et vicos.

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 36
      • .
land, landed property, estate, cultivated land, country [as opposed to town]
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  • Gesáwen æcer vel land

    seges.

    • Ælfc. Gl. 97
      • ;
    • Som. 76, 48
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 53, 55
      • .

  • Land

    solum vel tellus vel terra, vel arvum,

    • 98
      • ;
    • Som. 76, 98
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54, 42
      • ,

  • Ðis land

    hoc rus,

    • Ælf. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 12, 21
      • .

  • Land

    agellum,

    • Bd. 4, 12
      • ;
    • S. 581, 5
      • .

  • Se árfæsta bigenga ðæs gástlícan landes

    pius agri spiritalis cultor,

    • Bd. 2, 15
      • ;
    • S. 519, 8
      • .

  • xii hída gesettes landes

    xii hides of cultivated land,

    • L. In. 64
      • :
    • 65
      • ;
    • Th. i. 144, 6
      • :
    • 9
      • .

  • Be gyrde londes

    of a yard of land,

    • 67
      • ;
    • Th. i. 146, 1
      • .

  • Þolige landes and lífes

    let him lose land and life,

    • L. C. E. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 358, 21
      • .

  • On lande

    ruri,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 41, 18
      • .

  • Sý hit binnan byrig sý hit upp on lande,

    • L. C. S. 24
      • ;
    • Th. i. 390, 5
      • .

  • Ge on lande ge on óðrum þingum ge on óðrum gestreónum

    consisting of land and of other things and of other acquisitions,

    • Blickl. Homl. 51, 7
      • .

  • Noe began tó wircenne ðæt land

    cæpit Noe exercere terram,

    • Gen. 9, 20
      • .

  • Búton earmre wudewan ðe næfde nán land

    except a poor widow that had no land,

    • L. Ath. v. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 230, 20
      • .

  • Færende on lond

    euntes in villam,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 12
      • .

  • Heora wlenca wǽron swíðe monigfealde on landum and on wíngeardum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 15
      • .

  • Hér geswutelaþ on ðissum gewrite ðæt Leófríc eorl and his gebedda habbap geunnen twá land

    hac inscriptione manifestatur Leofricum comitem et Godgivam comitissam duas villas concessisse,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 20
      • .

  • Ǽlc ðe forlǽt land [londo, Lind.]

    omnis qui reliquit agros,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 19, 29
      • :
    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 636, 35
      • .

  • Feówer land hé forgeaf ælþeódigum tó andfencge and tó ælmesdǽdum

    he gave four estates for the reception of strangers and for deeds of charity,

    • Homl. Skt. 7, 386
      • .

  • Byrig and land þurhféran

    oppida et rura peragrare,

    • Bd. 3, 28
      • ;
    • S. 560, 32
      • :
    • 3, 30
      • ;
    • S. 562, 13
      • .
Etymology
[
The word occurs in all the Teutonic languages.
]
Derived forms
burg-, eá-, eard-, eást-, ég-, el-, ele-, éðel-, feld-, feor-, folc-, gehlot-, heáfod-, heáh-, íg-, in-, irfe-, irp-, lín-, mearc-, mór-, omer-, sand-, síd-, sundor-, geref-, tún-, þeód-, un-, út-, wea[lh]-, wíd-, wyn-, wyrðe-land
Linked entries
v.  land-gewyrpe landes mann.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/21076.

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