elf-maiden

noun

elfmaid, a female elf.

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Meanings

nounelf-maiden (plural elf-maidens)

plural elf-maidens

  1. elfmaid, a female elf.

    “There upon the hill, close by the wood, did I act the elf-maiden,” said Sophie.

    1845, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Mary Howitt, Only a Fiddler! and O.T., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 298
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    That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white, “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight” That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small, “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!”

    1847 September 11, William J. Thoms, “The Folk-lore of Shakespeare”, in The Athenaeum, London, page 958, column 1

Origin

From elf + maiden.

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Chicago

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