Etymology

elning

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Today it means: Comfort; grace. Full definition →

Middle English elning ← Old English elnung
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  1. Old English · inherited fromelnung“encouragement, comfort, consolation, emulation, hot emulation, zeal, envy”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromelning
  3. English todayelning

From Middle English elning, elnung, from Old English elnung (“encouragement, comfort, consolation, emulation, hot emulation, zeal, envy”), equivalent to elne + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishelning all →

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