Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Eln-gemet

Back to Letter E
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 eln-gemet

n. An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra :-- Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. I. and III. eln-gemet
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛚᚾ-ᚷᛖᛗᛖᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources