länd

See also: land, Land, lǟnd, and -land

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish länd, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄. Cognate with Danish lænd, Norwegian lend, Icelandic lend, German Lende, English lend, possibly related to Latin lumbus.

Noun

länd c

  1. loin (the flesh above the hip bone)
    [archaic language] Omgjorda dina länder
    Gird up your loins

Declension

Declension of länd
nominative genitive
singular indefinite länd länds
definite länden ländens
plural indefinite länder länders
definite länderna ländernas

See also

References

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