aland
English
Etymology
From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value UK is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈland/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Adverb
aland (not comparable)
- (obsolete) On dry land, as opposed to in the water. [13th-19th c.]
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, V:
- I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, V:
- (now rare, poetic) To the land; ashore. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
- Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]
- c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
References
- “aland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Kurdish
Verb
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value ku is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value ku is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value ku is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value ku is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value ku is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value ku is not valid. See WT:LOL.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Noun
āland n
Inflection
Declension of āland (neuter a-stem) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | āland | āland |
genitive | ālandes | ālanda |
dative | ālande | ālandum, ālandem |
accusative | āland | āland |
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