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1 ellihrumleiki
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2 ELLI
* * *f. old age (fyrir e. sakir).* * *f. indecl. [Dan. ælde], ‘eld,’ old age; the saying, öllum hefir elli á kné komit, old age has brought all on their knees, cp. the tale in Edda 33, 34, where the old giantess Elli wrestles with Thor, whence in poetry she is called ‘ the antagonist of Thor,’ Eg. (in a verse); engi hefir sá orðit …, at eigi komi ellin öllum til falls, Edda 34; fyrir elli sakar, Eg. 107; eigi er þat síðr en elli …, Nj. 171.COMPDS: ellibelgr, ellibjúgr, ellidagar, ellidauðr, ellidómr, elligamall, elliglöp, ellihamr, ellihrumr, ellihærur, ellikarl, ellilyf, ellimóðr, ellisjúkr, ellistoð, ellitíð, ellivafur, ellivam, elliþokki.
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