+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-saew+, oil, S.--AS. _ele_; Late Lat. _olium_ (cp. It. _olio_); Lat. _oleum_; Gr.

??a???, from ??a?a, an olive-tree; cp. OHG. _oli_ (Tatian).

+Eleccioun+, _sb._ election, choice, S2.--OF. _election_; Lat.

_electionem_.

+Ele-lendisch+, _adj._ foreign; +elelendis+, MD.--AS. _ele-lendisc_, of a foreign land.

+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.

_?-lenge_, lengthy, tedious; _?_, ever + _lenge_, long, from _lang_.

+Elengelich+, _adv._ sadly, PP; +elyngliche+, PP.

+Elf+, _sb._ elf, genius, _nympha_, _incubus_, MD, C3, Sh.; +alfe+, MD.--AS. _aelf_. Cf. +Aulf+.

+Elf-lock+, _sb._ hair matted together as if by the elves, Sh.

+Elf-queen+, _sb._ fairy-queen, C2.

+Eliche+, _adv._ alike, S3; see +Iliche+.

+Elixir+, _sb._ elixir, C3, SkD.--OF. _elixir_ (Cotg.), Sp. _elixir_; Arab. _el iksir_, the philosopher's stone; Gr. ?????, 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_.

+Elles-hware+, _adv._ elsewhere, S; +elles-wher+, S, C3.--AS.

_elles-hw?r_.

+Elles-hwider+, _adv._ else-whither, S.

+Elmesse+, _sb._ alms, MD, NED; see +Almesse+.

+Elmes-?eorn+, _adj._ charitable, S.

+Eluish+, _adj._ elvish, foolish, C2, C3. See +Elf+.

+Eluish-marked+, _pp._ disfigured by the elves, Sh.

+Elynge+; see +Elenge+.

+Emba.s.sade+, _sb._ emba.s.sy, S3; see +Amba.s.sade+.

+Emba.s.sadour+, _sb._ amba.s.sador, C3.

+Emba.s.sadrie+, _sb._ amba.s.sadorship, S2, C3.

+Embatel+, _sb._ battlement, S3 (19 a. 581).

+Embattail+, _v._ to array for battle, Sh.

+Embrave+, _v._ to adorn, S3.

+Em-cristen+, _sb._ fellow-christian, S, S2. See +Euen+.

+Eme+; see +Eem+.

+Emeraude+, _sb._ emerald, C2, CM.--OF. _emeraude_, _esmeraude_ (_esmeralde_); Lat. _smaragdum_ (acc.); Gr. s??a?d??.

+Emete+, +Emote+, _sb._ ant; see +Amete+.

+Em-forth+, _prep._ according to, PP. See +Euen+.

+Empaled+, _pp._ enclosed, S3.

+Emperere+, _sb._ emperor, MD.--OF. _emperere_ (_empereres_); Lat.

_imperator_.

+Emperice+, _sb._ empress, S, CM; +emperesse+, PP.--AF. _emperice_; Lat.

_imperatricem_.

+Emperour+, _sb._ emperor, PP, S2 (12. 212), C2, C3.--AF. _emperur_, OF.

_empereor_, _emperedor_; Lat. _imperatorem_.

+Empoisoner+, _sb._ poisoner, C3. See +Enpoisonen+.

+Empoisoning+, _sb._ poisoning, C3.

+Emportured+, _pp._ pourtrayed, S3.

+Emprise+, _sb._ undertaking, S2, C2, C3; +enprise+, MD.--AF. _emprise_, _enprise_; Late Lat. _in-prensam_, _pp._ of _in-prendere_.

+Emtien+, _v._ to empty, MD; +empte+, C3.--AS. _aemetgian_, to be at leisure, Ps. 45. 11 (VP).

+Emty+, _adj._ empty, MD, Prompt.; +empti+, MD.--AS. _emtig_ (_aemtig_) empty, idle.

+Emyspery+, _sb._ hemisphere, S3.--Late Lat. _emisperia_ (Voc.); Lat.