Greekland

English Etymology From en enm Greclond, enm Griclond, enm Griccland, from en ang Grēcland Greece, equivalent to en Greek -land. Compare fy Grikelân Greece, nl Griekenland Greece, de Griechenland Greece, da Grækenland Greece, nb Grekenland Greece archaic, replaced by “nb Hellas”, nn Grekland Greece archaic, replaced by “nn Hellas”, sv Grekland Greece, is Grikkland Greece. Proper noun en rare now _ non-standard The land of the Greeks; Greece: en Greece Q41 1 en 1842 The Prose Or Younger Edda Once on a time fared he in a ship to Greekland, for that there was a king's daughter on whom he had set his mind, en 1884 George Stephens The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England Scores of the old rune-stones speak of the Warings and Captains and Shipmen (and perhaps, now and then, Merchants or Pilgrims going to or from the Holy Land) who served "in Greece", "in Greekland", who "gained wealth in Greece", who "died in Greekland", who were mere "Greek farers", visited "Greek Havens" &c. in the 10th, 11th, 12th centuries. en 1933 Henry Goddard Leach The American-Scandinavian Review 21 216 They speak about men who perished on Viking expeditions to faraway countries — westward to England, most especially eastward to Gardarike (the present Russia), to Greekland (the lands comprising the Byzantine Empire), to Sarkland (the Mohammedan countries about the Black Sea), to Jorsalaland (Jerusalem), to Langbardaland (the present Italy). en 1968 Nelo Drizari Scanderbeg Nowhere do we find that 'Epirus' means Greekland. If 'Epirus' could thus most conveniently be stretched to mean Greekland, then the world would forever be faced with a chaotic situation. en 2000 Lars Walker The Year of the Warrior She was a prize. She was Jaederborn, but her mother had been captured in Greekland. en 2002 John Matthews At the Table of the Grail Atheling to the heaven-king. Shepherd of Greekland Harrower of Annwn. en 2005 Atanas Orachev Bulgaria in the European Cartographic Concepts Until XIX Century The huge river Danube runs between Saxland and Greekland. en 2013 Jonathan Clements A Brief History of the Vikings Not all of the treasures of Birka and Gotland are below the ground. Rune stones dot the landscape, carved with memorials of journeys to far places –Semgall and Courland (Latvia), Wendland (Poland), Virland (Estonia), Gardariki (Russia), Greekland (more particularly, the Byzantine Empire centred on Constantinople), and Serkland, the land of the Saracens.