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londe

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English land.

Noun

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londe (plural londes)

  1. Alternative form of lond
    • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 13-14.
      And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
      To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
      And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
      To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

Etymology 2

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From lond (noun).

Verb

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londe

  1. Alternative form of londen

Yola

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Noun

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londe

  1. Alternative form of lhoan
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 12-14:
      az avare ye trad dicke londe yer name waz ee-kent var ee vriene o' livertie, an He fo brake ye neckarès o' zlaves.
      for before your foot pressed the soil, your name was known to us as the friend of liberty, and he who broke the fetters of the slave.
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:
      Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,
      We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 1-2:
      Ye state na dicke daie o'ye londe, na whilke be nar fash nar moile, albiet 'constitutional agitation,'
      The condition, this day, of the country, in which is neither tumult nor disorder, but that constitutional agitation,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114