Elfe

Meaning

alternative form of Elf (“elf”)

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛlfə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed in the 18th century from English elf, from Old English ælf (“incubus, elf”), from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Compare German Alb (“two-faced spirit”).

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