aland

Definition

On dry land, as opposed to in the water.

Etymology

From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.

Example Sentences

• "I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land."
• "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 […]"