Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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†ELENGE, adj. Remote, lonely, foreign.
Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 213:
Her sons gane ither whares for bread To elenge parts; Her towns a' dowy, dull an' dead, Withouten arts.
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