Eíg-land

Old English Dictionary Entry

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: íg, eá, íg-land = eá-land. eig-land

Definitions

n. [eá water = eíg, land land] Water-land, an island; insŭla:--On ðis eíglande in this island, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15.

ᛖᛁᚷ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"