elpend – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of elpend

Noun: elpend
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularelpend
Pluralelpendas

Genitive

Singularelpendes
Pluralelpenda

Dative

Singularelpende
Pluralelpendum

Accusative

Singularelpend
Pluralelpendas

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "elpend"

English Nouns elephant.

Translations