Wíd-land

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

es ;

wíd-land

n. I. broad land, the face of the earth. Cf. wíd-sǽ:-- Nǽron Metode wídlond (or under II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be-wrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156. Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland, 92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr. Kmbl. 395; An. 198. Hé ús giefeþ welan ofer wídlond. Exon. Th. 38, 11; Cri. 605. II. a broad, spacious land :-- Geaf ic welan ofer wídlonda gehwylc, Exon. Th. 85, 2 ; Cri. 1385. [Cf. Icel. víð-lendr having broad lanids.] Cf. síd-land. wid-land