Etymology

mountain-elf

Today it means: An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf. Full definition →

Old English muntælfen
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  1. Old English · derived frommuntælfen
  2. English todaymountain-elf

From mountain + elf; compare Old English muntælfen, from munt (“mountain”) + ælfen (“elf”).

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