norland

American  

[nawr-luhnd] / ˈnɔr lənd /

noun

Chiefly British Dialect.

1. northland.

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norland British  

/ ˈnɔːlənd /

noun

1. archaic the north part of a country or the earth

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Etymology

Origin of norland

First recorded in 1570–80; reduced form

Example Sentences

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norland

Yes, it came out long ago as 'The Tramp's Song' in Sharpe's Magazine, where I found it, and changed moor and moorland to north and norland, as better suited to our purpose.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

Thy pale hands are folded, oh beautiful saint, Like lily-buds chilly and dew-wet, And the smile on thy lip is as solemn and faint As the beams of a norland sunset.

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

They want the caller red that the norland breeze puts on the cheeks o' our Scottish gilpies.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

Oh, the men of the north are stalwart, And the norland lasses fair; And cheerily breathes around us The bracing norland air.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

As the storm-wind blows bleakly from the norland, As the snow-wind beats blindly on the moorland, As the simoom drives hot across the desert, As the thunder roars deep in the Unmeasured.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett