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Peohta land
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Old English
ang
Alternative forms
ang Peohta lond
Etymology
Literally "Land of the Picts."
Pronunciation
Peohta-land
Proper noun
Peohta land n
ang hapax Pictland
ang 9th or 10th century 1890 Beda Venerabilis (Old English translator unknown) The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People part I 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 ... https://www.google.nl/books/edition/The_Old_English_Version_of_Bede_s_Eccles/G4vYlkuq7fQC?hl=sr-Latn&gbpv=1&dq=%22Peohta+londe%22&pg=PA358&printsec=frontcover
Declension
Peohta land sg
ang Countries