Peohta land

Old English

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Alternative forms

  • Peohta lond

Etymology

Literally "Land of the Picts."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe͜ox.tɑˌlɑnd/

Proper noun

Peohta land n

  1. (hapax legomenon) Pictland
    • 9th or 10th century, Beda Venerabilis (Old English translator unknown), The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People‎[1], part I, published 1890, page 358:
      Þær betweoh monige Ongelþeode, þa ðe oðþe mid sweorde ofslægene wæron oððe þeodome betæhte, oðþe of Peohta londe onweg flugon ...
      Then among many of the Angles, who were either slain by the sword, or forced into slavery, or fled away from the land of the Picts ...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Peohta land —
accusative Peohta land —
genitive Peohta landes —
dative Peohta lande —
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