Elig
Old English
Etymology
Unknown. Often derived in folk etymologies from ǣl (“eel”).
Declension
The dative form is usually endingless, being identical to the nominative singular as Ēlīg.
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Élíg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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