elven

English

Etymology

From Middle English elven, from Old English elfen, ælfen (“nymph, spirit, fairy”), feminine of elf, ælf (“elf”), equivalent to elf +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“a fairy, nymph”).

Noun

elven (plural elvens or elvene)

1. (obsolete) A female elf, a fairy, nymph

   • Ofte in fourme of wommane In many derne weye grete compaygnie men i-seoth of heom boþe hoppie and pleiᵹe, þat Eluene beoth i-cleopede, — South English Legendary, 1300

   (Oft in the form of women, in very stealthy ways, great numbers of men see fallen angels both happy and playful, that Elvene are embraced,)

   • & ofte in wimmen fourme hii comeþ to men al so, Þat men clupeþ eluene. — The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester, 1300

   (& oft in women form come hither to men, so that men lay with the elvene.)

   • work on nude elven — Everron, drawing caption, 2011

Adjective

elven (comparative more elven, superlative most elven)

1. belonging to, or relating to, elves.

References

1. MED, elf, elve(n)
2. Wikipedia, elf

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Hungarian

Noun

elven

1. superessive singular of elv