Etymograph

English

Loiner

Loiner may come from Old English Leodis ‘a Celtic kingdom’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Leodis‘a Celtic kingdom’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayLoiner

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Leodis‘a Celtic kingdom’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayLoiner

The story

Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary included an etymology from Marsh Lane in Leeds (volume 3, page 565). The word "lane" used to be pronounced /lɔɪn/ in the Leeds area, but this pronunciation has passed out of use.

Every English word from Old English Leodis

Today it means

noun A native of Leeds, England.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English Leodis / Loiner

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