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nounPlural elves ɛlfɛlf A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, delicate, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature. birthmarks were thought to be bruises left by elves with his pointed chin, he might have been an elf out of story-land Example sentencesExamples - The friendship between Legolas and Gimli unites elves and dwarves, traditionally enemies.
- She was surrounded by evil looking dwarves that sounded like elves from their description.
- Legend tells it that it was dragons that first taught humans and elves how to use magic.
- The two dwarves glared at the human and the other elves but offered nothing but a grunt.
- Pandora had never seen a girl elf or a young elf and wondered if they also had long white beads.
- The dragon was angry with the elf and swore he would make his life miserable if he could.
- An elf, one of the purest creatures on earth, would pass away all alone in the wood.
- There is a group of elves or goblins or aliens or something who show up as I'm drifting off.
- Eragon mounted his horse and together, the elves and humans made their way into the Toliné Forest.
- A few of the elves with the bows lowered them and looked at each other in uncertainty.
- Hope they don't skip over the part where the elf and dwarf bet over how many orcs they can kill.
- As an elf, she had a great love of nature so she felt it was her mission to keep these plants alive.
- For a start, it is in a little house in the woodland beside the hotel, leading me to suspect that the staff would be elves and pixies.
- At this time, the humans and elves were able to live peaceably with each other.
- There are elves and centaurs and unicorns and mermaids and flying lynxes and all shapes of mythical things.
- The faces below him were a mixture of men, elves, fair folk, and dwarves.
- Suddenly jumping into a sprint, he raced over to the elf just as the dragon opened its mouth.
- We cannot be together because a human and an elf are not meant to fall in love.
- I said to her, if she really was a fairy, she should watch out for the elves that lived around the halls.
- They say that there was a war between good and bad and the souls were the reminiscence of the humans and elves that fought.
Synonyms pixie, fairy, sprite, imp, brownie dwarf, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin leprechaun, puck, troll Irish Sidhe rare nix, nixie
Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Alp 'nightmare'. An Old English word related to German Alp ‘nightmare’. Elves were formerly thought of as more frightening than they are now: dwarfish beings that produced diseases, caused nightmares, and stole children, substituting changelings in their place. Later they became more like fairies, dainty and unpredictable, and in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) they are noble and beautiful. Originally an elf was specifically a male being, the female being an elven: Tolkien revived elven and used it to mean ‘relating to elves’. Elfin, meaning ‘relating to elves’ and also used to describe a small, delicate person with a mischievous charm, was first used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1590–96). See also oaf
Rhymes herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, self, shelf, themself, thyself, yourself nounelfɛlf A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature. birthmarks were thought to be bruises left by elves with his pointed chin, he might have been an elf out of story-land Example sentencesExamples - The dragon was angry with the elf and swore he would make his life miserable if he could.
- I said to her, if she really was a fairy, she should watch out for the elves that lived around the halls.
- We cannot be together because a human and an elf are not meant to fall in love.
- Legend tells it that it was dragons that first taught humans and elves how to use magic.
- The faces below him were a mixture of men, elves, fair folk, and dwarves.
- Hope they don't skip over the part where the elf and dwarf bet over how many orcs they can kill.
- Suddenly jumping into a sprint, he raced over to the elf just as the dragon opened its mouth.
- The friendship between Legolas and Gimli unites elves and dwarves, traditionally enemies.
- An elf, one of the purest creatures on earth, would pass away all alone in the wood.
- For a start, it is in a little house in the woodland beside the hotel, leading me to suspect that the staff would be elves and pixies.
- Eragon mounted his horse and together, the elves and humans made their way into the Toliné Forest.
- They say that there was a war between good and bad and the souls were the reminiscence of the humans and elves that fought.
- There is a group of elves or goblins or aliens or something who show up as I'm drifting off.
- As an elf, she had a great love of nature so she felt it was her mission to keep these plants alive.
- She was surrounded by evil looking dwarves that sounded like elves from their description.
- The two dwarves glared at the human and the other elves but offered nothing but a grunt.
- Pandora had never seen a girl elf or a young elf and wondered if they also had long white beads.
- A few of the elves with the bows lowered them and looked at each other in uncertainty.
- At this time, the humans and elves were able to live peaceably with each other.
- There are elves and centaurs and unicorns and mermaids and flying lynxes and all shapes of mythical things.
Synonyms pixie, fairy, sprite, imp, brownie
Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Alp ‘nightmare’. |