elf

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   API: /ɛlf/ (Americane)
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   API: /elf/ (Australiane)

← Anglica Media: elf

← Anglica Antiqua: ælf

← Protogermanice: *albiz, *albaz

? ← Protindeuropaee: *albho- “albus”

elf (plur. elves, elfs)

1. Species larvae fabularis Germanicorum, saepe pumila, tamquam longaevi; opinata frequentare colles et tesca, et tricis lascivis gaudere.

   c. 1595: Every elf and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier —A Midsummer Night's Dream Shaksperi

2. pumilio (-ōnis, masc.) || homo minisculus → dwarf
3. (phantasia moderna) Species hominidae magici, saepe sagittarii silvicolae.

• elfin
• elfish
• elven
• elvish

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   API: /ɛlf/ (Americane)
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   API: /elf/ (Australiane)

A sensu nominis.

elf

1. † Lascivie implicare.

   1605: elf all my hair in knots —King Lear Shaksperi