An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Wyntown.

LAND, s. A hook in the form of the letter S, S. B.

LAND, s. The country; on land, to land, in the country.
Acts Ja. II.

A. S. Su. G. land, rus.

Land, s. A house consisting of different stories, generally as including different tenements, S.
Arnot.

Land of the leal, the state of the blessed.
Old Song.

To Land, v. n. To end; from the idea of terminating a voyage, S.
Callender.

Landbirst, Land-bryst, s. Breakers.
Barbour.

Isl. brestr, Su. G. brist, fragor.

Landimer, s. A land-measurer.
Skene.