elilendi

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

eli- (“foreign, other”) +‎ land (“land”) with suffix equivalent to Proto-Germanic *-ją. The first element is from Proto-West Germanic *alji-.

Noun

elilendi n

  1. foreign country
Declension
elilendi (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative elilendi elilendios
accusative elilendi elilendios
genitive elilendies elilendiō
dative elilendie elilendium
instrumental — —

Etymology 2

eli- (“foreign, other”) +‎ land (“land”). Compare Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ, “foreign”).

Alternative forms

  • elilandig

Adjective

elilendi

  1. foreign, strange
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