elfess

noun

Etymology

From elf + -ess.

  1. inherited from *h₂elbʰós
  2. inherited from *albiz
  3. inherited from *albi
  4. inherited from ielf
  5. inherited from elf
  6. suffixed as elfess — “elf + ess

Definitions

  1. A female elf.

    • Her case was heard, but no sentence pronounced; for each elf was dying of anxiety to claim her as his elfess.
    • “What prophecy?” I asked, somewhat aggrieved because I remembered the one made by the old elfess that I was to be doomed by a cruel lie.

The neighborhood

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