German

Noun

Elfe f ‎(genitive Elfe, plural Elfen)

1. female elf
2. fairy
3. pixie

Declension

Noun

Elfe m ‎(genitive Elfen, plural Elfen)

1. Alternative form of Elf ‎(“male elf”)
   • 1855, William Shakespeare and Carl Abel (translator), Ein Sommernachtstraum, Leipzig, p. 45:

     Unsterblich sollst du und ein Elfe sein!

   • 1874, Heinrich Heine's sämmtliche Werke. Siebenter Band. Über Deutschland. Dritter Theil. Elementargeister und Dämonen. Hamburg, p. 50:

     War er ein Nix oder ein Elfe?

Declension

References

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

English

Noun

elfe ‎(plural elfen or elfene)

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

   • Scho was so faire & so fresche, as faucon hire semed, An elfe out of an-othire erde, or ellis an Aungell. — The Wars of Alexander, 1450

   (She was so fair and happy and seemed elegant, an elfe from another world or else an angel.)

   • He was takyn with an elfe ... When the clok stroke twelf was he forshapyn. — The Towneley Plays, 1500

References

1. MED, elf, elve(n)

Esperanto

Etymology

elfo ‎(“elf”) +‎ -e ‎(“adverb”)

Adverb

elfe

1. in an elfin manner, elvishly
2. in Elvish (language)

Related terms

• elfa ‎(“elfen”)
• elfo ‎(“elf”)

French

Etymology

Swedish älf, from Old Norse alfr, compare Old English ælf. Originated from Indo-European root *albho- (brilliant, shining white) via Teutonic languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlf/
• Homophone: elfes

Noun

elfe m ‎(plural elfes)

1. elf

Derived terms

• elfique

Anagrams

• fêle, fêlé