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aland
English
Etymology
From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- +? land.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??land/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Adverb
aland (not comparable)
- (obsolete) On dry land, as opposed to in the water. [13th-19th c.]
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, V:
- I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, V:
- (now rare, poetic) To the land; ashore. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
- Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]
- c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
References
- aland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala
Northern Kurdish
Verb
aland
- first/second/third-person singular/plural preterite of alandin
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- ?lond
- eiland / eilond
- ?land / ?lond
Noun
?land n
- island
Inflection
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bland
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).
Adjective
bland (comparative blander, superlative blandest)
- Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
- Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
- 2012, John Shepherd, David Horn, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
- First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]
- 2012, John Shepherd, David Horn, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
- (figuratively) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
- (now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
- 1818, John Keats, Sonnet:
- Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
- 1818, John Keats, Sonnet:
Derived terms
- blanden
- blandness
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandan? (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.
Verb
bland (third-person singular simple present blands, present participle blanding, simple past and past participle blanded)
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To connect; associate.
Etymology 3
From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *bland? (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?lend?- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).
Alternative forms
- blaind, blaund (Scotland)
Noun
bland (plural blands)
- (Britain dialectal) Mixture; union.
- A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
Derived terms
- in bland
References
- bland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish
Verb
bland
- imperative of blande
German
Etymology
From Latin blandus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bland (not comparable)
- (medicine) bland
Declension
Further reading
- “bland” in Duden online
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
bland n (genitive singular blands, no plural)
- mix
Declension
Derived terms
- bland í poka
Related terms
- blanda
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
bland
- imperative of blande
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
bland
- imperative of blande
Swedish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Preposition
bland
- among
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