Definitions
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- proper noun dated The
land offoreigners ; aforeign land, originally applied to Celtic lands, but later extended to include Roman and Romance speaking areas. - proper noun rare The land of the
Welsh ;Wales . - proper noun rare
Italy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But I have opposed them, and think to withsay, for I have been steward of all Britain's land, and earl I am potent, unlike to my companions, and I have Welshland half part in my hand; more I have alone than the others all clean.
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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Vortiger had Welshland the half-part in his hand; forty knights good he had in his retinue.
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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Then spake a Queen of Welshland, and Herborg hight was she:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And betwixt that Queen of Welshland and Gudrun's grief she came:
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And draw the yellowing ermine o'er the steel from Welshland won.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And the spears of Welshland glitter, and the Southland garments gleam,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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