diff --git a/app-dicts/dictd-elements/Manifest b/app-dicts/dictd-elements/Manifest
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+DIST dictd-elements-20030309.db 46325 BLAKE2B 70b5003a1dc5825ef67c4b2ceb8a322d5827cc28c3be61ea2d2e125343b1d03816385ea298c9794e25edf1f1e4361bc8f141876b1fba3f9005926a33ad28bffe SHA512 a09d152f4b7ed6f0fb43d7eed08abd469565b0d63d92e965e872dc90174298f8c661c9c22ab9c605fc865d7e1f3366dcbd27d17f1be274d0610b0938f8bb9b40
diff --git a/app-dicts/dictd-elements/dictd-elements-20030309.ebuild b/app-dicts/dictd-elements/dictd-elements-20030309.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+DESCRIPTION="Jay Kominek's database of the elements for dict"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.dict.org"
+SRC_URI="https://web.archive.org/web/20121223051336/http://www.miranda.org:80/~jkominek/elements/elements.db -> ${P}.db"
+S="$WORKDIR"
+LICENSE="public-domain"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND=">=app-text/dictd-1.5.5"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	cp "${DISTDIR}/${A}" elements.db || die
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply_user
+	sed -e '/^%h/{h;n;n;s/Symbol: //;T;x;G;s/\n/ /}' -i elements.db
+	sed -e '/^%h/{N;N;s/%h.*\n%d\n\(%h.*\)/\1\n%d/}' -i elements.db
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	dictfmt -u "${SRC_URI% ->*}" \
+		-s "Jay Kominek's Elements database (version $PV)" \
+		--headword-separator " " \
+		--columns 80 \
+		-p elements \
+		< elements.db
+	dictzip elements.dict
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	insinto /usr/share/dict
+	doins elements.dict.dz elements.index
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	elog "You must unregister ${PN} and restart your dictd server before the"
+	elog "dictionary is completely removed.  If you are using OpenRC, both tasks may be"
+	elog "accomplished by running '/etc/init.d/dictd restart'."
+}
diff --git a/app-dicts/dictd-elements/metadata.xml b/app-dicts/dictd-elements/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<!-- maintainer needed -->
+<upstream>
+	<maintainer status="inactive">
+		<name>Jay Kominek</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</upstream>
+<longdescription>
+	A database for 'dict'-compatible dictionary software, based on Jay Kominek's descriptions of the atomic elements.
+</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>