Íra-land

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - íra-land

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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Íra-land
n. Land of the Irish, Ireland :-- Gewitan him ðá Norþmenn Dyflen sécean eft Íraland [Yraland, hira land], Chr. 937 ; Th. 206, col. 2, 1. 15; Æðelst. 56. In Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 19, 15, 16 Íraland is doubtful. In the Anglo-Saxon, version of Bede's History Hibernia generally is rendered by Hibernia Scotta eáland.

Related words: Ír-land. ira-land

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