Kvenland

English

Alternative forms

Qvenland, Quenland, Cwenland

Etymology

Possibly Old English cwēn and land

Proper noun

Kvenland

(historical) An ancient area of Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 10, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 166:
  “Nurse,” said Torfrida to the old Lapp woman […] “I will make a charm that will bring him to you, were all the icebergs of Quenland between you and him[.]”

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