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English word elf comes from Proto-Indo-European *álbʰos, Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (White.)
*álbʰos (Proto-Indo-European)
*h₂elbʰós (Proto-Indo-European)
White.
*albiz (Proto-Germanic)
Elf, fairy.
ælfen (Old English)
A female elf, a fairy, nymph.
elf (English)
(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.. (fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.. Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as [...]