society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adverb] > in the land or country (4)
In the country, as opposed to the town.
In the land; (also) on earth. Cf. upaland, adv. Obsolete.
The country, as opposed to the town. on (in,†Sc. to) land: in the country; also, into the country; hence, to distant parts. Obsolete.