alanna

See also: Alanna

English

Etymology

From Irish a leanbh (“O child”).

Noun

alanna (plural alannas)

  1. (dialect, Ireland, as a term of address) child
    • 1872, John Fiske, Myths and Myth-Makers‎:
      He was sentenced to be hung without any trial worth speaking of; but as he was carted to the gallows an old woman cried out, "Ach, Jimmy alanna!
    • 1902, M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell), North, South and Over the Sea‎:
      Well, alanna," he continued in an altered tone, "don't be frettin' yourself anyway.
    • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot‎:
      Come here, alanna," said the voice, with mock fondness.

Icelandic

Noun

alanna

  1. definite genitive plural of alur

Old Norse

Noun

alanna

  1. definite genitive plural of alr
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