maynlond

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === man lond, maylaunde, maynelond, mayne londe manland, mayne land, mayn land (Early Scots) === Etymology === From mayn +‎ lond, potentially as a calque of Old Norse meginland. First attested in c. 1375; originally Early Scots. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæi̯nland/, /ˈmæi̯nlɔnd/ (Late Middle English) === Noun === maynlond (plural maynlondes) (Late Middle English) (rare) A large stretch of land. (rare) The mainland; the largest landmass in a given region. ==== Descendants ==== English: mainland Middle Scots: mayn land, mayne land, maneland ==== References ==== “main-lōnd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 August 2018. “main-, mayn(e)-, mane-land, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.