English

Noun

dark elf ‎(plural dark elves)

1. (Norse mythology) A member of the race of Dǫkkálfar, creatures who live underground.
2. (fantasy) A member of a race of evil elves.

Usage notes

Some scholars think the term "dark elves" was, in Old Norse, a kenning for "dwarves".

Translations

See also

• drow
• light elf

References

• Thomas Bulfinch, Bulfinch's Mythology (1834; republished in 1970 by Harper & Row, ISBN 0-690-57260-3), page 348
• Mythology of All Races volume 2 : Eddic (1930, Marshall Jones Company), pages 220-221