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Ellylʹlon

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The sou’s of the ancient Druids, which, being too good for hell, and not good enough for heaven, are permitted to wander upon earth till the judgment day, when they will be admitted to a higher state of being. (Welsl mythology.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Elixir of Life
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth of Hungary (St.)
Elizabethan
Ell (Anglo-Saxon eln, an ell)
Ell-wand (The King’s)
Ella, or Alla
Elliot
Ellyllon
Elmo’s Fire (St.)
Elohim
Elohistic and Jehovistic Scriptures
Eloi (St.)
Eloquent
Elshender
Elsie
Elves
Elvidna
Elvino