olfend

olfend

1. Alternative form of olfent

• olfenda

From Proto-Germanic *ulbanduz (“camel”) (see also Proto-Germanic *elpanduz (“elephant, camel”)) from Latin elephantus. Cognate with Old Saxon olbundeo (“camel”), Old High German olpenta (“camel”), Old Norse úlfaldi (“camel”), Gothic 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (ulbandus, “camel”). Compare also Old English elpend (“elephant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈol.fend/, [ˈoɫ.vend]

olfend m

1. camel

   Hē rād on olfende ġeond þā wēstenne.

   He rode on a camel through the desert.

   Fēower and hundnigontiġ on hunde olfenda habbaþ ānne hofor, and þā ōðre habbaþ twēġen.

   Ninety-four percent of camels have one hump, and the rest have two.

   Ēaðre is olfende tō gānne þurh nǣdle ēaġe þanne se welega on Godes rīċe gā.

   It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God.

• elpend

• Middle English: olfent, olfend, olvont, olvende, olvente