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 Elis’sa (deficiency or parsimony; Greek, ellipsis).Elixir of Life. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Elivâ’ger (4 syl.).
 
A cold venomous stream which issued from Niflheim, and in the abyss called the Ginnunga Gap, hardening into layer upon layer of ice. (Scandinavian mythology.)   1
 


 Elis’sa (deficiency or parsimony; Greek, ellipsis).Elixir of Life. 

 
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