elf

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 ĕlf

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves. Germanic
    — […] if theyr children at any time vvere frowarde and vvanton, they would ſay to them that the Guelfe or the Gibeline came. VVhich vvords novve from them (as many thinge els) be come into our vſage, and for Guelfes and Gibelines, we ſay Elfes & Goblins.
  2. A small, magical creature similar to a fairy, often mischievous, playful, or occasionally helpful.
    — For there and ſeveral other places / About mill dams and green brae faces, / Both Elrich, Elfs and Brownies ſtayed, / And Green gown’d Farries daunc’d and played; […]
  3. A member of a race of tall, slender, graceful beings with pointed ears, typically immortal or very long-lived and possessing wisdom and magical abilities.
    — Much of fairy lore clusters around the so-called fairy rings, that is, the green circles in old pastures within which the elfs were supposed to dance at night by the light of the moon.
  4. Ellipsis of Christmas elf. abbreviation,alt-of,broadly,ellipsis
    — Since you’ve been out, the news arrives / The Elfs’ Insurance Company’s gone.
  5. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. obsolete
  6. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). South-Africa
动词 v.
  1. To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat. archaic
    — My face I'll grime with filth, blanket my loins, elf all my hairs in knots, and with presented nakedness outface the winds and persecutions of the sky.

词形变化

elves plural elfs nonstandard,plural elve alternative,obsolete elfs present,singular,third-person elfing participle,present elfed participle,past elfed past elve alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

下位词
elfe elven wood elf wood-elf
衍生词
Christmas elf dark elf dwelf elf and safety elf arrow elf barrow elf-bolt elf-cap moss elf-child elf circle elf-craft elf-cup elf-damsel elf-dance elfdock elf-dock elfdom Elfenland elfess elfette elf-folk elf-girl elf hill elfhood elf howe elfin wood elfish elfishly elfishness elfism elfist elfkin elfkind elf king elf-knight elf-lady Elfland elfless elf-light elflike elfling elflock elflore elfmaid elf-maid elf-maiden elf-man elfness elfology elf owl elfpunk elf queen elfship elf-shot elfwife elfwise elfwoman elfwort half-elf light elf machine elf mountain-elf sea-elf were-elf wood elf wood-elf
相关词
elfin elven elvan elvish

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder.
Proto-Germanic *albiz
Proto-West Germanic *albi
Old English ielf
Middle English elf
English elf
From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf, awf, and oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder.
Proto-Germanic *albiz
Proto-West Germanic *albi
Old English ielf
Middle English elf
English elf
From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf, awf, and oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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