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elfdom

noun

Etymology

From elf + -dom.

  1. inherited from *h₂elbʰós✻
  2. inherited from *albiz✻
  3. inherited from *albi✻
  4. inherited from ielf
  5. inherited from elf
  6. suffixed as elfdom — “elf + dom”

Definitions

  1. The world or realm of elves.

    • So much semblance of the unfanciful truth of things and enforcement from actual humanity these fanciful stories of elfdom have, to give real pleasure and profit, and to bear out the pious conclusion of the Preface...

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA