ellengast

== Old English == === Etymology === From ellen (“powerful”) +‎ gāst (“ghost”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈel.lenˌɡɑːst/, [ˈeɫ.ɫenˌɡɑːst] === Noun === ellengāst m (poetic) a powerful spirit (used in Beowulf to speak of Grendel) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ellen-gǽst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.