eyland

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eyland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Equivalent to ey +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeiː.lant]

Noun

eyland n (genitive singular eylands, nominative plural eylönd)

1. island

   Synonyms: ey, eyja

Declension

Declension of eyland (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyland	eylandið	eylönd	eylöndin
accusative	eyland	eylandið	eylönd	eylöndin
dative	eylandi	eylandinu	eylöndum	eylöndunum
genitive	eylands	eylandsins	eylanda	eylandanna

Further reading

• “eyland” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Equivalent to ey +‎ land.

Noun

eyland n

1. island

Declension

Declension of eyland (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyland	eylandit	eylǫnd	eylǫndin
accusative	eyland	eylandit	eylǫnd	eylǫndin
dative	eylandi	eylandinu	eylǫndum	eylǫndunum
genitive	eylands	eylandsins	eylanda	eylandanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eyland
• Danish: øland
• Swedish: Öland
• >? Old Irish: ailén (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eyland”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive