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Elf

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See also: elf and ELF

German

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Etymology 1

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From elf (eleven).

Noun

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Elf f (genitive Elf, plural Elfen)

  1. (a group of) eleven
  2. football team, XI (so called because eleven is the number of players on such a team)
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Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English elf in 18th century literature, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Doublet of Alb.

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    Noun

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    Elf m (mixed, genitive Elfen or Elfs, plural Elfen)

    1. elf
      • 1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, act 2, scene 1:
        So heftig ist ihr Zwist, daß alle ihre Elfen / Vor Angst in Ahorn-Becher sich verkriechen.
        But they do square, that all their Elues for feare / Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there.
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    Terms derived from Elf or Elfe:

    References

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    • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.