Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-land

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 un-land

n. What is not land :-- On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes (sea, marsh, etc.), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde (the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14. un-land

Similar Words

U
uf-weard
ufan
ufan(-en(n)e)
ufan-cumende

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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