Norselandn.
/ˈnɔːslənd/, U.S. /ˈnɔrsˌlænd/ Norway or Scandinavia, esp. as portrayed in stories and legends.
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1858 T. Carlyle On Heroes in Wks. VI. i. 211 Hynde Etin, and..Red Etin of Ireland, in the Scottish Ballads, these are both derived from Norseland.
1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold v. i. 139 Have we not broken Wales and Norseland?
1907 Man 7 76 In Norseland, as in Polynesia, the divine and the human elements thus become intermingled.
1926 L. Lewisohn Up Stream i. 22 I became one with the things I read and saw with my own eyes castles by the shores of Norseland, dragons on the banks of lustrous rivers.
1949 I. Novello & C. Hassall King's Rhapsody i. (Synopsis) Elena, the Queen Mother..persuades Nikki to..marry Cristiane the snow princess from Norseland.
1998 I. Hamilton Gift Imprisoned 180 He was aware also of Thomas Gray's poetic dabblings in Norseland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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