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Etymology · Proto-Indo-European

*h₂elbʰós

2 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós, most common first.

AlbanyScotland north of the River Forth.
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.