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elfmaid

noun

Etymology

From elf + maid.

  1. derived from *magaþs✻
  2. derived from *magaþ✻
  3. derived from mǣden
  4. derived from mæġden
  5. inherited from mayde
  6. compounded as elfmaid — “elf + maid”

Definitions

  1. A female elf.

    • On the other hand, the kobolds, brownies, and other household sprites who are not merely benign, but helpful, if well treated; the elf-maids who marry mortals, the swan-maidens, and the like, bear the stamp of Teutonic fancy.
    • If Atle had believed in trolds and elf-maids, he should surely have supposed that Lars must have seen something of the kind on his night walk in the forest.
    • She became known as 'the Fair' because of her beauty; many said that she looked more like an elf-maid than a hobbit.

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