El'lenge or El'linge, a.

a. [O. Eng., also elenge, elengliche, eloign. See ELOIN, and cf. N. H. Ger. elend, wretched, M. H. Ger. ellende, O. H. Ger. ellenti, A-S. ellende, etelende, foreign, ellende, exile, from el, ele, other, and land.] Cheerless; sad. (Obs.) P. Plowman.