See also: Alanna

English edit

Etymology edit

From Irish a leanbh (O child).

Noun edit

alanna (plural alannas)

  1. (dialect, Ireland, as a term of address) child
    • 1872, John Fiske, Myths and Myth-Makers[1]:
      He was sentenced to be hung without any trial worth speaking of; but as he was carted to the gallows an old woman cried out, "Ach, Jimmy alanna!
    • 1902, M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell), North, South and Over the Sea[2]:
      Well, alanna," he continued in an altered tone, "don't be frettin' yourself anyway.
    • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot[3]:
      Come here, alanna," said the voice, with mock fondness.

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

alanna

  1. definite genitive plural of alur

Old Norse edit

Noun edit

alanna

  1. definite genitive plural of alr