elpend

• ylpend, ylp

From Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant; ivory”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.pend/, [ˈeɫ.pend]

elpend m

1. elephant
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.

     And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.

Strong a-stem:

• elp

• elpendbān

• olfend

• Middle English: elp, ylp