dunland
Old English
Etymology
From dūn (“mountain, hill”) + land (“land”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduːnˌlɑnd/
Noun
dūnland n
- downland, hilly or mountainous land
- Antonym: feldland
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dūnland | dūnland |
| accusative | dūnland | dūnland |
| genitive | dūnlandes | dūnlanda |
| dative | dūnlande | dūnlandum |
Descendants
- English: downland
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dún-land”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.