lond

See also: Lond.

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

• londe, lande, land, loand, lænde, laund

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

    Declension of lond

	Singular	Plural
nominative, accusative	lond	londes
genitive	londes	londe
dative	londe	londen

Related terms

• Engelond
• ilond
• Irlond
• Iseland
• landbok
• landlorde
• lond folk
• londen
• londyng
• mayne londe
• Nomanneslond
• Northumberlond

 

Descendants

• English: land
• Scots: laund, land
• Yola: lhoan, lloan, loan, lone, londe

References

• “lōnd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-22.

Etymology 2

From londe (noun).

Verb

lond

1. Alternative form of londen

Old English

Noun

lond n

1. Alternative form of land