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Webster 1913 Edition

Island

Is′land

,
Noun.
[OE.
iland
,
yland
, AS.
īgland
,
[GREEK]gland
,
[GREEK]glond
;
īg
,
[GREEK]g
, island +
land
,
lond
, land. AS.
īg
,
[GREEK]g
, is akin to AS.
eá
water, river, OHG.
[GREEK]uwa
, G.
au
meadow, Icel.
ey
island, Dan. & Sw.
ö
, Goth.
ahwa
a stream, water, L.
aqua
water. The s is due to confusion with
isle
. Cf.
Ait
,
Eyot
,
Ewer
,
Aquatic
.]
1.
A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf.
Continent
.
2.
Anything regarded as resembling an island;
as, an
island
of ice
.
3.
(Zool.)
See
Isle
,
Noun.
, 2.
Islands of the blessed
(Myth.)
,
islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.

Is′land

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
Shelley.
2.
To furnish with an island or with islands;
as, to
island
the deep
.
Southey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Island

ISLAND

,
Noun.
i'land. [This is an absurd compound of isle and land, that is, land-in-water land, or ieland-land. There is no such legitimate word in English, and it is found only in books. The genuine word always used in discourse is our native word, Sax.ealong, D.G. eiland.]
1.
A tract of land surrounded by water.
2.
A large mass of floating ice, is called an island of ice.

Definition 2024

Īsland

Īsland

See also: island, Island, Ísland, and Island'

Livonian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Īsland

  1. Iceland

Declension

Usage notes

Perhaps by error LĒL lists this term as type 127 – vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for Kanād the most regular type (135 – āigast) is given in this entry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːslɑnd/

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