"elne" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”). More at ellen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|elne}} Middle English elne, {{inh|en|ang|ellen||zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention}} Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} elne (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of ellen Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: ellen
    Sense id: en-elne-en-noun-Cs1vICnl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 23 2 17 11 17 14 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 8 28 13 5 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: elnes [present, singular, third-person], elning [participle, present], elned [participle, past], elned [past]
Etymology: From Middle English elnen, from Old English elnian (“to emulate, endeavor to be equal, be zealous, strive with zeal after another, make strong, strengthen, comfort oneself, gain strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljanōn, from Proto-Germanic *aljanōną (“to strengthen, encourage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate with Old High German ellinōn (“to emulate, strive”), Icelandic elna (“to grow stronger”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽 (aljanōn, “to emulate”). See ellen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|elnen}} Middle English elnen, {{inh|en|ang|elnian||to emulate, endeavor to be equal, be zealous, strive with zeal after another, make strong, strengthen, comfort oneself, gain strength}} Old English elnian (“to emulate, endeavor to be equal, be zealous, strive with zeal after another, make strong, strengthen, comfort oneself, gain strength”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*alljanōn}} Proto-West Germanic *alljanōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aljanōną||to strengthen, encourage}} Proto-Germanic *aljanōną (“to strengthen, encourage”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂el-||to grow, nourish}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”), {{cog|goh|ellinōn||to emulate, strive}} Old High German ellinōn (“to emulate, strive”), {{cog|is|elna||to grow stronger}} Icelandic elna (“to grow stronger”), {{cog|got|𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽||to emulate}} Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽 (aljanōn, “to emulate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} elne (third-person singular simple present elnes, present participle elning, simple past and past participle elned)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; hearten; comfort; encourage. Tags: obsolete, transitive Derived forms: eldning, elning
    Sense id: en-elne-en-verb-D6IEUOqM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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