† elp Obs.
Also 1 ylp, 3 alp.
[shortened form of OE. elpend, ad. L. elephant-em.]
= elephant. Hence alpes bon, ivory.
| c 1000 Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 320 Elefans, ylp. c 1220 Bestiary 604 Elpes arn in Inde riche, on bodi borlic berges ilike. Ibid. 646 Ðanne cumeð ðis elp unride. c 1325 St. Katherine (Auchinl. MS.) 282 in Horstmann Alteng. Leg. II. 248 Hir body white as alpes bon. |