Landed

[neuron]

When I lived in Wales many years ago, I came across many people who would say the word "landed" in a sense that I've never heard or seen elsewhere since. As an example, a parent of a child would say "Peter has been given a new toy train for Christmas. He's landed with it". The word "landed" was synonymous with "delighted" or "chuffed".

Has anyone else come across this usage? I really don't think it's exclusive to Wales. I've checked a number of online dictionaries for this usage including the OED online but I can find no such definition anywhere. Yesterday, my daughter's 25 year old boyfriend used the word, so it can't be that uncommon.

Thank you.

[barry1010]

I've heard it used in a similar way in Belfast but more a short form of 'landed on his feet'.

[emmie]

same as Barry, landed on his feet is the only time i have heard it used.

[THECORBYLOON]

If I were to hear or see "landed" used in that context, I would take it to mean the item had not been welcomed.

[THECORBYLOON]

If theres a task no-one wants, the person it's been given to could say they had been landed with it.

[Jackdaw33]

Commonly used here (NE) to mean taking responsibility for something not particularly welcome, as in, "They've gone away on holiday so I have been landed with the dog for a fortnight".

[emmie]

true, i have heard it as you say as something negative.

[lankeela]

How about as in 'landed gentry' presumably meaning someone who is well off because they own land?

[Sunk]

// Informal.
to catch or capture; gain; win: landed a job. //

[Old_Geezer]

No, not come across it.

[neuron]

Yes, all these uses of the word are well documented and cited in the OED. Thank you all for your help.
All the same, i've yet to find the word used in the context I mentioned.
It's all very strange but it clearly shall remain destined to be one of those great mysteries of the English language.

[Buenchico]

This site attributes 'landed' to use in Northern Ireland:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=landed

[neuron]

Just found an example on the third post here:

www.cyclechat.net/threads/know-any-good-regional-national-expressions.174269/page-13

[neuron]

Will try again:

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/know-any-good-regional-national-expressions.174269/page-13

[theshedman]

My sister uses landed quite often and it is used in the same context as the word chuffed or really pleased. Yes she is Welsh.

[neuron]

Thank you both Buenchico and theshedman. I suspected it might be regional to Wales but I'm pleased to see the word is used in the said context in Northern Ireland too.

[dannyk13]

Iv'e heard it before but only in the sense that someone has been landed with it, meaning they have been given something,eg a task, that is unwanted.

[Mamyalynne]

Here we'd say...

"Peter has been given a new toy train for Christmas. He's made up with it".

[sivam]

Used in Scotland - been successful - landed a job. Or landed with it - put upon in some way.

[neuron]

Thank you siva. I'm all too familiar with the words usage in the context that you mentioned along with the majority of other suggestions made. The Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries discuss the use of the word in all these contexts.

I was seeking confirmation that the word is used elsewhere in the UK and might be defined as meaning "chuffed" or similar in certain other areas too. Dictionaries are leaving me down over this and I've read every definition of "landed" i can find to no avail.

[Ellipsis]

> "Peter has been given a new toy train for Christmas. He's landed with it"

My understanding is that that would mean "lumbered", the very opposite of delighted. Perhaps this is another one of those words, like "sick", that starts off meaning one thing and ends up meaning the opposite, or both the original and the opposite.