laund

noun /lɔːnd/

1. A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.

   archaic

   Through this laund anon the deer will come.

Where it comes from

From Middle English launde, from Old French launde (“wooded area”) (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”) or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Doublet of land.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry laund (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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