alf

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.

alf c (singular definite alfen, plural indefinite alfer)

1. fairy
2. elf

• alfedans c
• alfedronning c
• alfelet
• alfepige c
• lysalf c
• svartalf c

• “alf” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch alf, from Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet with Dutch elf (“elf”), a modern borrowing from English.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlf/

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• Hyphenation: alf
• Rhymes: -ɑlf

alf m (plural alven, diminutive alfje n, feminine alve)

1. a type of folkloristic humanoid or spirit; an elf

• (mythical being): elf

• alvermannetje

From Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.

alf m

1. elf, evil spirit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: alf

• “alf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “alf”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

alf

1. accusative singular of alfr

From Proto-Germanic *albiz.

alf m

1. elf

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.

alf c

1. Alternative spelling of alv (“elf”)

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

Obsolete:

• fal

• IPA^(key): /alf/

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ȧlf

1. eleven

alf

1. Alternative form of alve