pron. Obs. [f. ELSE + WHAT.] Something or anything else.

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c. 890.  K. Ælfred, Bæda, IV. iii. (Smith), 569. Gif he æt leornunge sæt, oþþe elles hwæt dyde.

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a. 1240.  Lofsong, in Cott. Hom., 215. Of þet ase of helles hwat iwurðe þi wille euer.

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a. 1400–50.  Alexander, 4556. Queþir þai here or elsquat it hurtis ay þe saule.

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1586.  Sidney, Sonn. (1622), 489. For why should I, whom free choise slaue doth make, Elsewhat in face, then in my fancie beare?

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1602.  Warner, Alb. Eng., lxxiii. 300. With jewels … and else-what of great worth.

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