Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*albiz
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *albiz, most common first.
- elfA supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.
- elvenOriginally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.