ealand

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Cognate with Old Frisian alond, āland, eiland, Old Norse eyland.

Pronunciation

Noun

ealand n

  1. island
    Synonym: īeġland
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      ...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.
      ...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ēaland ēaland
accusative ēaland ēaland
genitive ēalandes ēalanda
dative ēalande ēalandum
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