Elde
sb. an age (of the world), age, time of a man’s life, maturity, full age, old age, length of time, PP, S, S2, S3, G; eelde, W; ealde, S; helde, S; ulde, MD; eld, MD, S2; held, S2; eild, S2.—AS. eldu, yldu. See Old.

Elde
v. to grow old, H; elded, pp., S2; eldid, H.—AS. ealdian.

Elder
comp. older, S, C2; see Old.

Elderne
sb. pl. ancestors, S2; see Alder.

Eldryn
adj. old, H. Comb.: eldryn-man, old man, elder, H.

Ele
sb. oil, MD, S; eoli, S; eolie, S. Comb.: ele-sæw, oil, S.—AS. ele; Late Lat. olium (cp. It. olio); Lat. oleum; Gr. ἔλαιον, from ἐλαία, an olive-tree; cp. OHG. oli (Tatian).

Eleccioun
sb. election, choice, S2.—OF. election; Lat. electionem.

Elendisch
adj. foreign; helendis, MD.—From AS. ellende (Voc.).

Elenge
adj. protracted, tedious, wearisome, dreary, lonely; also (by confusion with AS. ellende) strange, foreign, PP, HD; elynge, PP; elyng, PP; alenge, NED, HD; alange, NED, Prompt.—AS. ǽ-lenge, lengthy, tedious; ǽ, ever + lenge, long, from lang.

Elengelich
adv. sadly, PP; elyngliche, PP.

Elf
sb. elf, genius, nympha, incubus, MD, C3, Sh.; alfe, MD.—AS. ælf. Cf. Aulf.

Eliche
adv. alike, S3; see Iliche.

Elixir
sb. elixir, C3, SkD.—OF. elixir (Cotg.), Sp. elixir; Arab. el iksír, the philosopher’s stone; Gr. ξηρόν, dry.

Elldernemannes
sb. gen. alderman’s, chief officer’s, S; see Aldermon.

Elleft
ord. eleventh, S2.—AS. endleofta.

Ellerne
sb. elder-tree, sambucus, S2, PP; ellaern, Voc.; ellarne, Voc.; eller, PP; eldir, PP.—AS. ellarn.

Elles
adv. otherwise, else, S, S2, C2; ellis, S3, W.—AS. elles; cp. OHG. alles, otherwise (Otfrid): Goth. aljis.

Elmesse
sb. alms, MD, NED; see Almesse.

Eluish
adj. elvish, foolish, C2, C3. See Elf.