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▪ I. † elne, ˈellen, n. Obs.
[Com. Teut.: OE. ęllen (gen. ęlnes) corresponds to OS. ellen, ellien, OHG. ellan, ellen, ellin, Goth. aljan str. neut.; ON. eljan, eljun str. fem. (Icel. elja wk. fem.):— OTeut. types *aljano(m, *aljanâ.]
Strength, courage (also, in OE., zeal); in Theol. strength vouchsafed, comfort, grace.
Beowulf 602 Ac ic him ᵹeata sceal Eafoð and ellen unᵹeara nu guþe ᵹebeodan. 888K. ælfred Boeth. xxvii. §2 (Bosw.) Feower cræftas, þara is an wærscipe, oðer metᵹung, þridde is ellen. a1000Guthlac 264 Wæs Guþlac on elne strong. a1225Ancr. R. 106 Vor ȝe schulden wenen þet God, uor ouwer holi liue, sende ou his grace and his elne. c1230Hali Meid. 27 Ah monnes elne is muche wurð. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 185 We..buggeþ worldles froure . wiþ moni sori teone . and elne of monnes speche. Ibid. Hwa se euer haueð longe wone of gastliche elne.
Hence ˈellenlæs a. [see -less], powerless.
a1000Juliana 393 (Gr.) Ic ᵹeomor sceal secan oðerne ellenleasran cempan. c1200Ormin 10908 Illc meocnesse iss ellenlæs Wiþþutenn herrsummnesse.
▪ II. † ˈelne, v. Obs.
[OE. ęlnian = OHG. ellinôn, ON. elna, Goth. aljanôn:—OTeut. *aljanôjan, f. *aljano-m: see prec.]
trans. To strengthen, hearten, comfort.
a1225Ancr. R. 10 Gon & iseon swuch & elnen ham & helpen mid fode of holi lore. a1225Leg. Kath. 1374 As men droh ham to hare deað, þa..elnede þe oðre. a1240Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 215 Ich wot þet þu wult senden me þene holi gost to elnen me. |