Middle English Dictionary Entry
Īs-lōnd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Īs-lōnd n. Also ise-, hies-. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI Īs-land. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The island of Iceland; ~ fish, a kind of salt fish imported from Iceland; ~ man, a native of Iceland.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22488 : Wulcume, sire Arður..Her ich biteche þe an hond al to-gadere Islond.
- (1417) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9955 : In pisc. sals. de Iseland, 3 s. 4-1/2 d.
- (1419) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9956 : In v Iselandfish, 17-1/2 d.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201:Wright)3734 : Yslonde [Clg: King arthure..adde al so scotlonde & yrlonde & orcadas].
- (1430) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9960 : Pisc. de Hiesland.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10474 : Til Island [Arthur] dight hym to wende. Island sone al he wan.
- -?-(1473-4) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96195 : Godmondr. Johnson, Iselandman.