"elke" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: elkes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elke (plural elkes)
  1. (obsolete) The European wild, whistling, or common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus). Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Swans Synonyms: elk
    Sense id: en-elke-en-noun-Bf4MzNkC Disambiguation of Swans: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 6 6 52 5 2 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: elkes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elke (plural elkes)
  1. Obsolete form of elk. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: elk
    Sense id: en-elke-en-noun-qvKIYG7d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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