Ungerland
Old English
editUngerland
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editThe first element is derived from Latin Ungaria (“Hungary”) or Ungarī (“Hungarians”), or else is an unattested Old English word meaning “a Hungarian,” from the same source. Other country names contain similar first elements, as in Swēoland (“Sweden”, literally “Swede land”) and Francland (“France”, literally “Frank land”); see also the prefix Angel-.
The second element is land (“land, country”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editUngerland n
- Hungary (a former kingdom in Central Europe, generally much larger than the modern state of Hungary)
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Ungerland | — |
accusative | Ungerland | — |
genitive | Ungerlandes | — |
dative | Ungerlande | — |
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: Hungerland
- English: Hungarland, Hungerland
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Hungerland”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.