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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate to English lant (“aged urine; to flavor ale with aged urine”) from Middle English land (“urine”) from Old English hland (“urine”), and Norwegian land (“urine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hland n (genitive singular hlands, no plural)
- (vulgar) piss
- Synonyms: piss (informal); þvag (“urine”)
Declension
Declension of hland (sg-only neuter)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hland (“urine”). Cognate with Old Norse hland (“urine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hland n
- urine
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hlandą. Cognate with Old English hland.
Noun
hland n (genitive hlands, plural hlǫnd)
- urine
Declension
Declension of hland (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- “hland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press