Lothland

Old Irish

Etymology

Compound of land (“land”) with an unknown first element.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl͈oθlan͈d]

Proper noun

Lothland f

1. Scandinavia (a region of northern Europe)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	LothlandL	—	—
vocative	LothlandL	—	—
accusative	LothlaindN, Lothlind	—	—
genitive	LothlaindeH	—	—
dative	LothlaindL, Lothlind	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

• Verses in the St Gall Priscian

  Is acher in gaíth innocht fu·fuasna fairggæ findḟolt
  ni ágor réimm mora minn dond láechraid lainn ua Lothlind.

  Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
  I fear not the coursing of a clear sea by the fierce heroes from Scandinavia.

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle Irish: Lochlann (reinterpreted by folk etymology as loch (“lake”) + -lann (location suffix))
  • Irish: Lochlann
  • Manx: Loghlin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Lochlann, Lachann, Lachlann
  • → Welsh: Llychlyn

Mutation

Mutation of Lothland

radical	lenition	nasalization
Lothland also Llothland after a proclitic ending in a vowel	Lothland pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Lothlainn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language