Obs. Also 1 ylp, 3 alp. [shortened form of OE. elpend, ad. L. elephant-em.] = ELEPHANT. Hence Alpes bon, ivory.
c. 1000. Ags. Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 320. Elefans, ylp.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 604. Elpes arn in Inde riche, on bodi borlic berges ilike. Ibid., 646. Ðanne cumeð ðis elp unride.
c. 1325. St. Katherine (Auchinl. MS.), 282, in Horstmann, Alteng. Leg., II. 248. Hir body white as alpes bon.
