† olen, ollen Obs.
[Russ. oˈlen' deer, stag = OSlav. jelenĭ, Pol. jele{nacu}, Lith. éln{iacu}s, OLith. ellen{iacu}s stag; whence Ger. elen, elend, elendthier, transf. to the elk (Russ. los', Pol. loś): see also eland, ellan, ellend.]
A red deer, a stag.
| 1591 G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (Hakluyt Soc.) 14 Their beasts of strange kinds are the losh [= elk], the ollen [= stag], the wild horse. 1598 Hakluyt Voy. I. 284 He commanded them to kille fiue Olens or great Deere. Ibid. 337 Samoeds..whose meate is flesh of Olens or Harts, and fish. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvii. 431 They worship the Sunne, the Ollen and the Losey [elk], and such like. |