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aland

adv
/əˈland/UK

Etymology

From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.

  1. derived from on lande — “on land”
  2. inherited from aland

Definitions

  1. On dry land, as opposed to in the water.

    • I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.

  2. To the land

    To the land; ashore.

    • 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 […]

  3. Alternative spelling of Åland.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA