Hjaltland

• Hetland

From Old Norse Hjaltland, from hjalt (“hilt”) +‎ land (“land”). Doublet of Hetland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjal̥tlant/

Hjaltland n

1. Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)

• hjaltlendingur, hjaltlendskur
• hjalti
• hjaltakráka

From Old Norse Hjaltland, from hjalt (“hilt”) +‎ land (“land”).

Hjaltland n (proper noun, genitive singular Hjaltlands)

1. Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)

• Hjeltland
• Hjetland

From Old Norse Hjaltland, from hjalt (“hilt”) +‎ land (“land”). Doublet of Shetland.

• IPA^(key): /²jaltlan(d)/, [²jɐ̞l̥t.lɐ̞nd], [²jɐ̞l̥t.lɐ̞nˑ]
• Rhymes: -an, -and

Hjaltland n

1. Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)

   Synonym: Shetland

   • 1862, Eirik M. Torvaldsson Sommer, Noregs Saga i Stuttmaal, elder Fortelning um dei største Tilburdarne med Nordmennerne og deira Tilstand i Noreg gjenom Forntidi til vaare Dagar, page 198:

     Han gav etter Avgifti, som Skottakonungen skulde reida til Noreg fyre Suderøyarne, og gav honom endaa Orknøyarne og Hjaltland i Vedd fyre 60 Tusund Gulldukatar; alt detta skulde vera Heimangaava med Margreta, Dotter hans, som vart gift med Skottakonungen Jakob den Tridje. Slikt gjorde han utan Samtykkje av Noregs Rikes Raad, og Øyarne vordi aldri atterløysta.

     He accepted the price the Scottish king would pay Norway for the Hebrides, and gave him Orkney and Shetland too in surety for 60 thousand gold ducats; all this as dowry for Margaret, his daughter, who got married to the Scottish king James the Third. He did such without permission from the Council of Norway, and the islands were never given back.

• hjaltlending
• hjaltlandsk, hjaltlendsk
• Hjaltlandsøyane

• hjalt, hjelt n, hjolt f (“hilt”)
• Hjalte
• Hjeltefjorden

Popularly claimed to be from hjalt (“hilt”) +‎ land (“land”), but this may be folk etymology (see Shetland).

dative=Hjaltlandi

Hjaltland n (genitive Hjaltlands)

1. Shetland, Shetland Islands (an archipelago and former colony of Norway, located in modern Scotland; colonized by the Vikings in the 9th century C.E.)

• Icelandic: Hjaltland
• Faroese: Hetland, Hjaltland
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Hjaltland, Hjeltland
• → Middle Scots: Ȝetland
  • Scots: Shetland
    • → English: Shetland
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn
• → Dutch: Hitland