† eletn.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
Fuel.
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tindera700
foodOE
eletc1200
firec1300
fuela1398
eldinga1400
firingc1487
betting1521
pabulum1675
fire block1834
fire mixture1855
alternative fuel1906
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 119 Fir haueð on him þre mihtes on to giuende hete, oðer to giuende liht, þridde to weldende elet to none þinge.
c1320 Sir Beues 3264 Wiþ oute þe toun hii piȝte a stake Þar þe fur was i-make..Þai fette wode and elet.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Elet, fuel; ollit. Wilts.
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