Old English Dictionary Entry

Scot-land

Part of speech: es; Related words: Scottas scot-land

Definitions

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1 Scot-land

n. I. Ireland, where the Scottas lived before migrating to the country now called Scotland:--On westende (of Europe) is Scotland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 27. Án diácon wearð forþféred on Sceot-lande (cf. an Scotta eálonde, 215, 21), and ðæs diácones nama wæs Njál háten, Wulfst. 205, 16. Hí cómon on Scotland (Hiberniam) upp, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 10. II. Scotland:--Hér fór Æþelstán cyning on Scotland (tó Scotlande in Scotiam, MS. F.), Chr. 934; Erl. 111, 9. Hé (Cnut) fór tó Scotlande, and Scotta cyng him tó beáh, Mælcolm, 1031; Erl. 163, 20. Hé (Fursetis) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29.

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚩᛏ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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