Elnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Elnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ellnung, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 elnung

f. Zeal, hot emulation, envy; zēlus, æmŭlātio :-- Elnung zēlus. Rtl. 192, 5. Elnung oððe æfista húses ðínes ge-et [=ge-æt] mec zēlus do)mus tuæ cŏmēdit me, Jn. Lind. War. 2, 17. elnung

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ᛖᛚᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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