Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IE-LAND, n. [or rather I'LAND. G. and D. eiland; Sax. ealond, iegland; composed of ie, ea, water, Fr. eau, contracted from L. aqua, and land. This is the genuine English word, always used in discourse, but for which is used island, an absurd compound of Fr. isle and land, which signifies land in waterland, or rather ieland-land. Milford writes this word iland; and in the Bishop's Bible it is always written iland or yland.]

1. A portion of land surrounded by water; as, Bermuda, Barbadoes, Cuba, Great Britain, Borneo.
2. A large mass of floating ice.