elf
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Germanic)(Germanic mythology) 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.
- 2.
(folklore) A small, magical creature similar to a fairy, often mischievous, playful, or occasionally helpful.
- 3.
(fantasy) 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.
- 4.
(abbreviation, alt of, broadly, ellipsis)(by extension) Ellipsis of Christmas elf.
- 5.
(obsolete)A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
- 6.
(South Africa)Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
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verb- 1.
(archaic)(now rare) To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.
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From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (white). alf awf oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.