the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > desire for specific things > [noun] > for land (4)
‘Earth-hunger’: (a) voracious desire for land (cf. eard-hunger in Scott Nigel ix); (b) see quot. 1825. See also yird, n. v.
Desire to possess land; greed for territory.
eager desire for, or excitement about, securing land (cf. gold fever n. at gold, n.1 adj.compounds 1e).
keen desire for the acquisition of land.