øland
Old Swedish
Etymology
Likely inherited from Old Norse eyland.
Compound of ø (“island”) + land (“land”). Cognate with Icelandic eyland.[1]
Noun
øland
- island
- Synonym: ø
- 1884–1973, Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Codex Bildstenianus, 15th century, quoted in Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, page 1171:
- petrus for en dagh a skipi mz sinum discipulis til eet öland
- Petrus went a day in ship with his disciples to an island
Descendants
- Swedish: Öland