Old English · noun
elpend
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈel.pend/[ˈeɫ.pend]
- Syllables
- ˈel · pend (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- elephant
Meaning
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elephant
⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.
And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant; ivory”).
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