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单词 lochlann
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Lochlannn.

Forms: 1700s Lochlan, 1800s–1900s Lochlann.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Lochlann.
Etymology: < Irish Lochlann, formerly (especially in medieval chronicles) the name for the regions of Scandinavian settlement in Britain and Ireland and also for parts of Scandinavia, now the name of Scandinavia (Early Irish Lothlainn, Lochlann, etc., also sometimes with reference to other distant or mythical regions), original form and sense and further etymology uncertain and disputed. Compare (with a suffix forming adjectives) Irish Lochlannach (adjective and noun) Scandinavian (Early Irish Lochlannach). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (lǫ·χlan) /ˈlɒxlæn/.
historical. Obsolete.
Chiefly in Irish contexts: a Viking, an ancient or medieval Scandinavian, a Norseman.
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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).
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