lond

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Faroese

Noun

lond n pl

  1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of land

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lɔːnd/, /lɔnd/, /land/, /laːnd/

    Noun

    lond (plural londes)

    1. An independent nation, country or realm.
    2. A tribe, folk or race; an ethnicity
    3. A land; territory or locality
      • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Book II”, in Troilus and Criseyde, lines 22–28:
        Ȝe knowe ek that in fourme of ſpeche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand ȝeer, and wordes tho /That hadden pris now wonder nyce and ſtraunge /Us thenketh hem, and ȝet thei ſpake hem so / And ſpedde as wel in loue as men now do / Ek forto wynnen loue in ſondry ages / In ſondry londes, ſondry ben vſages []
        You also know that the form of language is in flux; / within a thousand years, words / that had currency; really weird and bizarre / they seem to us now, but they still spoke them / and accomplished as much in love as men do now. / As for winning love across ages and / across nations, there are lots of usages
    4. A subdivision or province of a nation.
    5. A property; a plot of land.
    6. Agricultural land; land that is suitable for growing crops.
    7. Planet Earth; the world.
    8. The earth, ground, or soil (also as one of the medieval elements)
    Declension
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    Etymology 2

    From londe (noun).

    Verb

    lond

    1. Alternative form of londen

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lond n

    1. Alternative form of land

    Old Frisian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. See there for more.

      Noun

      lond n

      1. land

      Declension

      Declension of lond (neuter a-stem)
      singular plural
      nominative lond lond
      accusative lond lond
      genitive londes londa
      dative londe londum, londem

      Descendants