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hland

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (urine), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (liquid, wet ground). Cognate to English lant (aged urine; to flavor ale with aged urine) from Middle English land (urine) from Old English hland (urine), and Norwegian land (urine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hland n (genitive singular hlands, no plural)

  1. (vulgar) piss

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hland (urine). Cognate with Old Norse hland (urine).

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Noun

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hland n

  1. urine

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: *land

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hlandą. Cognate with Old English hland.

Noun

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hland n (genitive hlands, plural hlǫnd)

  1. urine

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References

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  • hland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press