ELDING

Etymology

Noun

elding (uncountable)

(chiefly, dialectal) firewood; fuel

rubbish

Anagrams

• Dingle, dingle, engild, gilden, ingled

Source: Wiktionary


El"ding, n. Etym: [Icel. elding, fr. elda to kindle, eldr fire; akin to AS. æld fire, ælan to burn.]

Definition: Fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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