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elf
English
Alternative forms
- elve (obsolete)
Etymology
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 *h?elb?ós (“white”). Doublet of oaf.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?lf, IPA(key): /?lf/
- Rhymes: -?lf
Noun
elf (plural elves)
- (Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
- Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
- (fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
- A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
- (South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Synonyms
- (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile); fairy (small, mischievous)
Hyponyms
- elfe
- elven
- wood elf, wood-elf
Derived terms
Related terms
- elfin, elven, elvan
- elvish
Descendants
- ? Dutch: elf
- ? German: Elf, Elfe
- ? Japanese: ??? (erufu)
- ? Korean: ?? (elpeu)
Translations
Verb
elf (third-person singular simple present elfs, present participle elfing, simple past and past participle elfed)
- (now rare) To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear
- 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.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear
See also
- dark elf & light elf
- fairy
- brownie
- dwarf
- hobbit
- Eldar
References
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.
Anagrams
- EFL
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch elf, from Middle Dutch ellef, elf, from Old Dutch *ellef, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lf/
Numeral
elf
- eleven
Catalan
Noun
elf m (plural elfs)
- elf
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??lf]
Noun
elf m
- elf
Declension
Derived terms
- elfí
Further reading
- elf in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- elf in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l(?)f/
- Hyphenation: elf
- Rhymes: -?lf
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ellef, elf, from Old Dutch *ellef, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare German elf, West Frisian alve, English eleven, Danish elleve.
Numeral
elf
- eleven
Noun
elf f (plural elven, diminutive elfje n)
- The number eleven, or a representation thereof.
Descendants
- Afrikaans: elf
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Elf, itself borrowed from English elf, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Displaced native alf, from the same Germanic source.
Noun
elf m (plural elfen or elven, diminutive elfje n, feminine elve or elfin)
- elf, brownie (small folkloric creature)
- (fantasy) elf (humanoid pointy-eared creature in fantasy)
Synonyms
- (mythical being): alf
Derived terms
- boself
- elfenbank
- elfin
- kerstelf
- woudelf
Anagrams
- fel
- lef
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Low German, from Middle Low German elvene, from Old Saxon ellevan. Related to German elf.
Numeral
elf
- eleven (11)
German
Alternative forms
- eilf, eilff, eylff (dated/obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German einlif, eilef, elf, from Old High German einlif, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare Dutch elf, West Frisian alve, English eleven, Danish elleve.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
Numeral
elf
- eleven
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- Elf
- elffach
- Elfeck
- elfeckig
- elfstellig
- elfstündig
Further reading
- “elf” in Duden online
German Low German
Alternative forms
- eleve, ölve, ölven
Etymology
From Middle Low German elvene, from Old Saxon ellevan.
Numeral
elf
- eleven
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (?alf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lf/
Numeral
elf m or f (dual elfejn, plural eluf or elufijiet, paucal elef)
- thousand
Middle English
Alternative forms
- elfe, helfe
Etymology
From Old English elf, Anglian form of ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?elb?ós (“white”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lf/
Noun
elf (plural elves)
- elf, fairy
- spirit, shade
Related terms
- elven
- elvyssh
Descendants
- English: elf (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: elf
- Yola: elf
References
- “elf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.
Pennsylvania German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
Etymology
From Rhine Franconian, from Old High German einlif. Compare German elf, Dutch elf, English eleven.
Numeral
elf
- eleven
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lf/
Noun
elf m anim
- elf, mythical or fantasy creature
Declension
Usage notes
The plural for the Tolkien creatures is usually elfowie.
Romanian
Etymology
From French elfe.
Noun
elf m (plural elfi)
- elf
Declension
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi.
Noun
elf (plural elvès)
- fairy
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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orc
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
From Middle French orque, Italian orca, and their source, Latin orca (“type of whale”).
Noun
orc (plural orcs)
- (archaic) Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale. [from 16th c.]
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc (“demon”); both from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Doublet of ogre.
Noun
orc (plural orcs)
- (fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, occasionally porcine, usually quite aggressive and often green. [from 17th c.]
- 1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1:
- Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.
- 1834, "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:
- The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).
- 1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:
- There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.
- 1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1:
Hypernyms
- greenskin
Derived terms
Descendants
All are borrowed. Some listed may be semantic loans.
Translations
See also
- ogre
- goblin
- troll
Anagrams
- COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ROC, cor, cor-, roc
Catalan
Noun
orc m (plural orcs)
- An orc.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ork/, [or?k]
Etymology 1
Compare Old Saxon ork.
Noun
orc m (nominative plural orcas)
- cup, tankard
Declension
Etymology 2
From Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”).
Noun
orc m
- a demon
- hell
Declension
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *?orkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pór?os. Cognate with Latin porcus and English farrow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ork/
Noun
orc m
- piglet
- Synonym: banb
Declension
Mutation
Descendants
- Irish: arc
- Manx: ark
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English orc.
Noun
orc m (plural orcs)
- (fantasy) orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)
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