eyland
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse eyland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Equivalent to ey + land.
Noun[edit]
eyland n (genitive singular eylands, nominative plural eylönd)
Declension[edit]
declension of eyland
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eyland | eylandið | eylönd | eylöndin |
| accusative | eyland | eylandið | eylönd | eylöndin |
| dative | eylandi | eylandinu | eylöndum | eylöndunum |
| genitive | eylands | eylandsins | eylanda | eylandanna |
Further reading[edit]
- “eyland” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Equivalent to ey + land.
Noun[edit]
eyland n
Declension[edit]
Declension of eyland (strong a-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eyland | eylandit | eylǫnd | eylǫndin |
| accusative | eyland | eylandit | eylǫnd | eylǫndin |
| dative | eylandi | eylandinu | eylǫndum | eylǫndunum |
| genitive | eylands | eylandsins | eylanda | eylandanna |
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: eyland
References[edit]
- “eyland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse compound terms
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- Old Norse nouns
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- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
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