Obs. rare. [possibly repr. OE. ęlnung, f. ęlnian to envy, be jealous: see EYNDILL.] ? Jealousy, suspicion.
1500–20. Dunbar, Twa Maryit Wem. & Wedo, 119. That carll mangit, That full of eldnyng is, et anger, et all euill thewis. Ibid., 126. I dar nought keik to the knaip that the cop fillis For eldnyng of that ald schrew that euer on euill thynkis.
