hland
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate to English lant (“aged urine; to flavor ale with aged urine”) from Middle English land (“urine”) from Old English hland (“urine”), and Norwegian land (“urine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hland n (genitive singular hlands, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of hland
Synonyms edit
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hland (“urine”). Cognate with Old Norse hland (“urine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hland n
Declension edit
Declension of hland (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hlandą. Cognate with Old English hland.
Noun edit
hland n (genitive hlands, plural hlǫnd)
Declension edit
Declension of hland (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press