landnám

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse landnám (the taking of land, the unlawful holding of another's land, the settling of land). Equivalent to land +‎ nám.

Noun

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landnám n (genitive singular landnáms, no plural)

  1. settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries
  2. (by extension) settlement of unoccupied land

Declension

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