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† elp Obs.
Also 1 ylp, 3 alp.
[shortened form of OE. elpend, ad. L. elephant-em.]
= elephant. Hence alpes bon, ivory.
c1000Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 320 Elefans, ylp. c1220Bestiary 604 Elpes arn in Inde riche, on bodi borlic berges ilike. Ibid. 646 Ðanne cumeð ðis elp unride. c1325St. Katherine (Auchinl. MS.) 282 in Horstmann Alteng. Leg. II. 248 Hir body white as alpes bon. |