Elning

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Comfort; grace. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

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

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