Elpend-bán

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - elpend-bán

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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elpend-bán
n. An elephant's tusk, ivory:--Elpendbaan, elpendesbán ebor; Txts. 59, 713. Elpanbán oððe elpend ( = elpendbán?; but cf. O. H. Ger. elafant ebor; elefant-ín, -isc eburneus) ebor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 73.Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5, 5. [O. H. Ger. helfent-bein ebur.] in Dict. elpend-ban

Related words: ylpen-bán

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