fenland

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fenlond, from Old English fenland, equivalent to fen +‎ land. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foanlound (“moorland”), West Frisian feanlân (“peat bog”), Dutch veenland (“peat bog”), Middle Low German vēnlant, vennelant (“swampy, boggy pastureland”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === fenland (countable and uncountable, plural fenlands) A kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === “fenland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *faniland, *fannjaland, equivalent to fen (“marsh”) +‎ land (“land”). Cognate with Old Frisian fenland, fenlond, feneland, fenelond, fenneland, fennelond (“pastureland”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfenˌlɑnd/ === Noun === fenland n fenland, marshy land ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: fenlond (attested as a surname) English: fenland