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early medieval Ireland first featured the name, in
earlier forms like
Laithlind and Lothlend. In Irish, the
adjectival noun
Lochlannach (IPA: [ˈl̪ˠɔxl̪ˠən̪ˠəx]...
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described as the tánaise ríg of
Laithlind,
which could mean that he was
either an heir or
deputy to the King of
Laithlind. The
accounts of Tomrair's final...
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Annals of
Ireland under the year 873. The
identification of the king of
Laithlind as
Gothfraid (i.e., Ímar's father) was
added by a
copyist in the 17th...
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foundations of a new
kingdom referred to in
Irish sources as
Laithlind (later Lochlainn).
Laithlind was once
thought to be in
Norway but it is now identified...
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Gaelic personal name Lochlann. In the
ninth century, the
terms Laithlinn /
Laithlind (etc.),
appear in
historical sources as
terms denoting the
origin of Vikings...
- further,
suggesting that
Dubgaill was
applied "to
followers the king of
Laithlind (who had
become a
recurrent phenomenon for the chroniclers) as a convenient...
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leader Tomrair is killed; he is
called jarl and
deputy of the king of
Laithlind.
Viking army
defeated near
Cashel by Ólchobar mac Cináeda.
Vikings at...
- century, but
little that is conclusive. The
fourth suggestion is the
Laithlind or
Lochlann hypothesis. This word
appears in
various forms in the early...
- "skerry of the clematis". In the
ninth century, the
terms Laithlinn /
Laithlind (etc.),
appear in
historical sources as
terms denoting the
origin of Vikings...
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including an earl
named Tomrair, the "heir
designate of the King of
Laithlind". In 849, a new
force appeared, the "Dark Foreigners".
Possibly Danes...
