londe

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

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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