Noun: elpend
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | elpend |
| Plural | elpendas |
Genitive
| Singular | elpendes |
| Plural | elpenda |
Dative
| Singular | elpende |
| Plural | elpendum |
Accusative
| Singular | elpend |
| Plural | elpendas |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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⁊ 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.)
Nouns inflected like elpend
feohtling,
seoloþ,
seonoþ,
sacerd,
sleaht,
bealluc,
uprodor,
fugoloþ,
hoppsteort,
pearroc,
swiccræft,
penning,
mæssesang,
weorccræft,
tordwifel,
sandpytt,
discipul,
wyrmhord,
underling,
pundfald, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant; ivory”).
Verbs referencing "elpend"
English Nouns
elephant.
Translations