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Ierlant
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
Equivalent to dum *iere lant Irishman land.
Pronunciation
dum /iərlant/
Proper noun
dum proper noun n
dum Ireland island cont/Europe
c. 1320 , Arturs doet [Arthurs death]: 2017 INT Arturs doet corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org https://corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org/corpus-frontend/MNL/docs/INT_76ec5f39-8c20-4a33-93d2-6e9c0ff64185?wordstart=63000#0 https://web.archive.org/web/20240207161449/https://corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org/corpus-frontend/MNL/docs/INT_76ec5f39-8c20-4a33-93d2-6e9c0ff64185?wordstart=63000 7 February 2024
dum Alse die Sassen gevloen waren / Quamen die van Irlant sonder sparen When the Saxons had fled / Those from Ireland came without mercy
c. 1380 , Van sente Brandane [About Saint Brendan]: 2017 INT Van sente Brandane corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org https://corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org/corpus-frontend/MNL/docs/INT_101914f9-b1cb-4427-ba2d-b9ecb0d9b7cc https://web.archive.org/web/20260226183737/https://corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org/corpus-frontend/MNL/docs/INT_101914f9-b1cb-4427-ba2d-b9ecb0d9b7cc 26 February 2026
dum Nu verneemt hoe over lanc / Een heere was in Yerlant / Die sach menich Gods teekijn. Now learn of how, long ago, / there was a man in Ireland / That saw many a God's miracle.
dum Ireland kingdom
1318 , Hein van Aken, Roman van Heinric en Margriete van Limborch [Novel of Heinric and Margriete of Limburg]: 2017 INT Roman van Limborch corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org https://corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org/corpus-frontend/MNL/docs/INT_86516127-0d9d-4666-b1b7-5964d5867506?wordstart=87000#0 https://web.archive.org/web/20240207161539/https://corpusmiddelnederlands.ivdnt.org/corpus-frontend/MNL/docs/INT_86516127-0d9d-4666-b1b7-5964d5867506?wordstart=87000 7 February 2024
dum Oec quammer met in die stede / Van Cypren die coninc mede / Entie coninc van Scotlant / Entie coninc van Ierlant Also came with (him) to the city / The king of Cyprus / And the king of Scotland / And the king of Ireland
Inflection
Ierland
Alternative forms
dum Hierlant <q:Flemish> irlant yerlant
Derived terms
dum ierlantsch Irish
Descendants
nl Ierland
af Ierland
li Ierland
References
Further reading
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