Middle English Dictionary Entry
elne n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | elne n.(1) |
| Etymology | OE ellen, gen. elnes. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Strength, vigor; comfort (in Biblical sense).
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)36/376 : Monnes elne is muche wurð, & me bihoueð his help to fluttunge & te fode.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)38/397 : Swa þet ne bið hit nanes weis þet tet elne ne schal endin in earmde.
- c1225 St.Marg.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)23/33 : Her me nu ant help me, for nabbich i mi nowcin nanes cunes elne bute þin ane.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)27b : Vor ȝe schulden wenen þet godd, uor ower hali life, sende ow his elne.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)62b : Ure lauerd..wiðdraheð his grace, his cunfort, & his elne.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)110a : Cheose nu euchan of eorðlich elne & heouenlich, to hweðer ha wule halden.
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)185 : Hwa se euer haueð longe wone of gastliche elne, of heouenliche murhðe..We..buggeþ worldles froure, wiþ moni sori teone, and elne of monnes speche.