Nomanneslond (1343-50)
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Nomanneslond (1343-50)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  no man’s land n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 
M.E.

This is clearly an English word, meaning ‘(a piece of) waste, unowned land’. However, its earliest attestation is found here in an Anglo-Norman context, where it functions as a more specific place-name; for more (historical) information see the OED etymology.

s.

1toponymNo Man's Land, a piece of ground outside the north wall of London, used as a place of execution: 
( 1343-50 )  le meskerdy aprés fut un Bernard d'Espaygne, marchant de vines, pur treson qe il fit, descolé a Loundres a Nomanneslond  56
land 
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