elfen

See also: Elfen

English

Etymology

From elf +‎ -en. Compare elfin, elven.

Adjective

elfen (comparative more elfen, superlative most elfen)

1. Belonging to, or relating to, elves.
   • 1857, Olaf Liliekrans, A Play in Three Acts:

     ALFHILD. Were I an elfen maid, then truly, say I, it would fare with you ill! / OLAF. Forsooth, then are you the elfen maid!

Anagrams

• fleen

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlvən/

• Audio:

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Noun

elfen

1. plural of elf

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ælfen
• ielfen
• ylfen

Etymology

Feminine of elf, equivalent to elf +‎ -en. Cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“a fairy, nymph”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.fen/, [ˈeɫ.ven]

Noun

elfen f (nominative plural elfena)

1. a female elf, a fairy, nymph

Derived terms

• dūnelfen (“mountain nymph”)
• sǣlfen (“sea nymph”)
• wæterelfen (“water nymph”)
• wuduelfen (“wood nymph”)
• wyldeelfen (“tree nymph”)

Descendants

• English: elfin, elven

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “elfen”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “elfen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• elfen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elementum. Cognate with Cornish elven, Breton elfenn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlvɛn/

• Audio:

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Noun

elfen f (plural elfennau)

1. element (essential part)
2. (chemistry) element
3. element, factor, part

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
elfen	unchanged	unchanged	helfen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• elfen gemegol