elfe

From Middle English elfe, from Old English elfen, ælfen (“nymph, spirit, fairy”), feminine of elf, ælf (“elf”).

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

1. MED, elf, elve(n)

• feel, fele, flee, leef

elfo (“elf”) +‎ -e (“adverb”)

elfe

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

• elfa (“elfen”)
• elfo (“elf”)

Swedish älf, from Old Norse alfr, compare Old English ælf. Originated from Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“brilliant, shining white”) via Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛlf/

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• Homophone: elfes

elfe m (plural elfes)

1. elf

• elfique

• “elfe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• fêle, fêlé

From Old English ælf.

elfe

1. Alternative form of elf

From Old English ælfen.

elfe

1. Alternative form of elven