Elf
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[edit] German
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʔɛlf/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *ainlif- (eleven), a compound of *ainaz (one) and *lif-.
[edit] Noun
Elf f. (genitive Elf, no plural)
[edit] Etymology 2
Borrowed from English elf in 18th century literature, from Old English ælf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
[edit] Noun
Elf m (genitive singular: Elfen, nominative plural: Elfen)
- elf.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] References
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.