eyland

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Equivalent to ey +‎ land.

Noun

eyland n (genitive singular eylands, nominative plural eylönd)

1. island

   Synonyms: ey, eyja

Declension

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

• “eyland” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Equivalent to ey +‎ land.

Noun

eyland n

1. island

Declension

  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

• Icelandic: eyland

References

• “eyland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press