Definitions for Elli

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Elli El·li

Spelling: [el-ee]

IPA: /ˈɛl i/

Elli is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in Elli (eill).

Definitions for Elli

noun

1. an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.

Origin of Elli

Icelandic elli, literally, old age. Cf. eld

Examples for Elli

Oswald said that Elli was quite nice-looking but that Robert was an ugly beast.

Now in came the old crone, Elli, whose very name meant "age."

This lovely, funny image is by Elli Chung, from her show at Julie Saul Gallery in New York.

I thought that old Elli would have no difficulty in bringing to his knees him who could not lift my cat.

But, for the joke of it, call in my old foster-mother, Elli.