单词 | lochlann |
释义 | † Lochlannn. historical. Obsolete. Chiefly in Irish contexts: a Viking, an ancient or medieval Scandinavian, a Norseman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > Vikings > person Lochlann1706 Norseman1817 Norse1848 Anglo-Scandinavian1853 1706 W. Wright Comical Hist. Marriage-union Fergusia & Heptarchus 7 He was afterwards oppress'd by the then fam'd Nation of the Lochlans: And at last, by a bravading French Bastard, he was hector'd to an entire Submission. 1830 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 16 Polite Lit. 213 Here, within a few years of the ninth century, we find these people called Lochlannaigh, or Lochlanns. 1857 W. Reeves Adamnan's Life St. Columba 332/2 About the same time the Fortrenns and Lochlanns fought a battle. 1880 W. F. Skene Celtic Scotl. I. i. vi. 304 Forty-eight of the number of Icolumkill slain by the Lochlanns. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 2/1 The ships of the Lochlanns lie in the river, and never send a man against her. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 45 Galleys of the Lochlanns ran here to beach, in quest of prey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1706 |
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