elfen
See also: Elfen
English
Etymology
From elf + -en. Compare elfin, elven.
Adjective
elfen (comparative more elfen, superlative most elfen)
- 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!
- 1857, Olaf Liliekrans, A Play in Three Acts:
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
elfen
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Feminine of elf, equivalent to elf + -en. Cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“a fairy, nymph”).
Pronunciation
Noun
elfen f (nominative plural elfena)
Derived terms
- dūnelfen (“mountain nymph”)
- sǣlfen (“sea nymph”)
- wæterelfen (“water nymph”)
- wuduelfen (“wood nymph”)
- wyldeelfen (“tree nymph”)
Descendants
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.
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Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin elementum. Cognate with Cornish elven, Breton elfenn.
Pronunciation
Noun
elfen f (plural elfennau)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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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
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