Old English · noun
eln
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /eln/[eɫn]
- Syllables
- eln (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- ellcubit
Meaning
-
ell, cubit
...⁊ sē weall wæs XX fōta þicce, ⁊ XL elna hēah...
...and the wall was twenty feet thick, and forty ells tall...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *alinu, whence also Old High German elina, Old Norse öln. Cognate with Latin ulna.
Descendants
ell
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