985 in Kemble III. 217 Fif hida ðe Oswald..bocaþ Eadrice..swa swa he hit ær hæfde to lænlande.
1872 E. W. Robertson 117 Laenlands, or benefices.
1874–5 W. Stubbs I. v. 77 Either bookland or folkland could be,..under the name of lænland, held by free cultivators.