elf

[ELF]

An elf is a mythological creature that's said to be tiny, magical, and a little mischievous. Elves are not just known for giving Santa a hand. In fact, ancient Anglo Saxon medical books ascribed some illnesses to elves.

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An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

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Noun
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

n.
An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

n.
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

v. t.
To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

pl.
of Elves

Elf

Elf , n.; pl. Elves . [AS. '91lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. ltr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. rbhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier.

2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot. -- Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. -- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zo'94l.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.

Elf

Elf, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

Elf all my hair in knots.

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

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