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See also:Alf,ALF,älf,and'alf

English

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Etymology

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FromDanish andSwedishalf, fromOld Norsealfr; see alsoDutchalf.Doublet ofelf,awf, andoaf.

Noun

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alf (pluralalfs)

  1. (Norsemythology) A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of theDǫkkálfar orLjósalfar.
    • 1828,Thomas Keightley,The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page248:
      As the Scandinavians were at that time still worshippers of Thor and Odin, the belief inAlfs and Dwarfs accompanied them to their new abodes, and there, as elsewhere, survived the introduction of Christianity.
    • 2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson,Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page83:
      [T]he charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that thealfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm was composed.

Anagrams

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Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromOld Norsealfr, fromProto-Germanic*albiz.

Noun

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alf c (singular definitealfen,plural indefinitealfer)

  1. fairy
  2. elf

Declension

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Declension ofalf
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativealfalfenalferalferne
genitivealfsalfensalfersalfernes

Derived terms

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References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchalf, fromOld Dutch*alf, fromProto-Germanic*albiz, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*albʰós. Doublet with Dutchelf(“elf”), a modern borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alf m (pluralalven,diminutivealfje n,femininealve)

  1. a type of folkloristichumanoid orspirit; anelf

Synonyms

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  • (mythical being):elf

Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutch*alf, fromProto-Germanic*albiz.

Noun

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alf m

  1. elf,evilspirit

Inflection

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Descendants

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Noun

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alf

  1. accusativesingular ofalfr

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*albiz.

Noun

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alf m

  1. elf

Declension

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alf (masculine a-stem)
singularplural
nominativealfalvos
accusativealfalvos
genitivealvesalvō
dativealvealvum
instrumental——

References

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Plautdietsch

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Numeral

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alf

  1. eleven

Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsealfr, fromProto-Germanic*albiz.

Noun

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alf c

  1. Alternative spelling ofalv(“elf”)

Usage notes

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  • The wordalf (alfven, alfver) turned intoalv (alven, alver) in the 1906 spelling reform. Somehow, the old form also lives on, but now with different inflected forms.

Declension

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Declension ofalf
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitealfalfs
definitealfenalfens
pluralindefinitealferalfers
definitealfernaalfernas

Obsolete:

Declension ofalf
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitealfalfs
definitealfvenalfvens
pluralindefinitealfveralfvers
definitealfvernaalfvernas

Anagrams

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Vilamovian

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Vilamovian cardinal numbers
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   Cardinal :alf
   Ordinal :alfty

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ȧlf

  1. eleven

West Frisian

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Numeral

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alf

  1. Alternative form ofalve
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