londe

See also: Londe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English land.

Noun

londe (plural londes)

  1. Alternative form of lond
    • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 13-14.
      And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
      To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
      And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
      To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

Etymology 2

From lond (noun).

Verb

londe

  1. Alternative form of londen

Yola

Noun

londe

  1. Alternative form of lhoan
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 13:
      az avare ye trad dicke londe
      for before your foot pressed the soil,

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114
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