different between elke vs elfe

English

Alternative forms

• elk

Noun

elke (plural elkes)

1. (obsolete) The European wild, whistling, or common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus).

References

• elke at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Kele, Leek, keel, leek, lekë

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch elk, elke.

Determiner

elke

1. every

   Toe ek by my skoonouers kuier, het ons elke dag gebraaide vleis geëet.

   When I stayed at my in-laws’, we had fried meat every day.

Synonyms

• iedere (rather rare)

Related terms

• elk (chiefly pronoun)
• elkeen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Determiner

elke

1. Inflected form of elk

English

Etymology

From Middle English elfe, from Old English ielfen, feminine of ielf (“elf”).

Noun

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

References

1. MED, elf, elve(n)

Anagrams

• feel, fele, flee, leef

Esperanto

Etymology

elfo (“elf”) +? -e (“adverb”)

Adverb

elfe

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

Related terms

• elfa (“elfen”)
• elfo (“elf”)

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lf/
• Homophone: elfes

Noun

elfe m (plural elfes)

1. elf

Derived terms

• elfique

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fêle, fêlé

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ælf.

Noun

elfe

1. Alternative form of elf

Etymology 2

From Old English ælfen.

Noun

elfe

1. Alternative form of elven