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ylp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ylp, (elp), es; m.
An elephant
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  • Ylp

    elefans,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 78, ll: 22, 41.
  • Ylp is ormǽte nýten, máre þonne sum hús,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 566.
  • Ylpes bile

    promuscida,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 42.
  • Ylpes bán

    ebur,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9: Lchdm. iii. 204, 2, 3.
  • Hé sende þrittig ylpas tó wíge gewenode . . . and on ǽlcum ylpe wæs án wíghús getimbrod,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 561.
  • Hé (

    the unicorn

    ) fiht wið ðone myclan ylp, and hine oft gewundaþ on ðære wambe óþ deáþ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 1.
  • Gif hé ylp gesihð láðne oððe gramne, sume wróhte hit getácnaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 204, 1.
  • Ða ylpas beóð swá mycele swylce óðre muntas,

      Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 9.
  • Hé geworhte ða ormǽtan ylpas,

      Norm. 14, 34.
Etymology
[Elpes arn in Inde riche, Misc. 19, 604. White so alpes bon, L. N. F. 248, 282.]
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v. elpend.
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v.  elp.
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