N. Airlond loc. “(?sea-stead)”

N. Airlond, loc. “(?sea-stead)”

A name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s with an unclear gloss, possibly “?swanstead” (EtyAC/LOD). According to Hostetter and Wynne, it seems to replace a rejected form oerlond, possibly glossed “?sea-stead”. It appears to be a combination of oer “sea” and the lenited form of lhonn “haven”. If the gloss “swanstead” is correct, it may be a variant form of Alflon and Alfobas.

References ✧ EtyAC/LOD

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oer “sea”
lhonn “(narrow) path, strait, pass”
ᴹ√LOD “*pass, path” ✧ Ety/LOD

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