Dark Alfs

proper noun

The Dǫkkálfar.

OriginOld Norse dǫkkalfar →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Norsehuman sciencesThe Dǫkkálfar.

    But the Döckalfar (Dark Alfs) dwell below under the ground, and are unlike them in appearance, and still more unlike in actions.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 109

Origin

  1. Old Norsedǫkkalfar
  2. EnglishDark Alfs

A calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

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