Laund

//lɔːnd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade. archaic

    "Through this laund anon the deer will come."

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"Through this laund anon the deer will come."

Etymology

From Middle English launde, from Old French launde (“wooded area”) (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Doublet of land.

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