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name
A town of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France.
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noun
Alternative form of ellen.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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verb
To strengthen; hearten; comfort; encourage.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
Borrowed from French Elne, itself from Catalan Elna.
From Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”). More at ellen.
From Middle English elnen, from Old English elnian (“to emulate, endeavor to be equal, be zealous, strive with zeal after another, make strong, strengthen, comfort oneself, gain strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljanōn, from Proto-Germanic *aljanōną (“to strengthen, encourage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate with Old High German ellinōn (“to emulate, strive”), Icelandic elna (“to grow stronger”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽 (aljanōn, “to emulate”). See ellen.
Across languages
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