landnám
Icelandic
noun
Definitions
- settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries
- (by extension) settlement of unoccupied land
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse landnám compound from Icelandic land (country, earth, land) + Icelandic nám (studies, removal, study, studying).
Origin
Icelandic
nám
Gloss
studies, removal, study, studying
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- land Old Norse
- landnám Old Norse
- Austurland Icelandic
- Finnland Icelandic
- Flæmingjaland Icelandic
- Norðurland Icelandic
- Snæland Icelandic
- Suðurland Icelandic
- Svartfjallaland Icelandic
- Vesturland Icelandic
- botnlanganám Icelandic
- bóknám Icelandic
- föðurland Icelandic
- land Icelandic
- landakort Icelandic
- landbúnaður Icelandic
- landfræði Icelandic
- landráð Icelandic
- landsvala Icelandic
- landsvæði Icelandic
- nám Icelandic
- námsbraut Icelandic
- námskeið Icelandic
- námsmaður Icelandic
- skyldunám Icelandic