mountain-elf

noun

An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.

OriginOld English muntælfen →
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Meanings

nounmountain-elf (plural mountain-elves)

plural mountain-elves

  1. artsAn elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.

    King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]

    1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 9

Origin

  1. Old Englishmuntælfen
  2. Englishmountain-elf

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

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APA

mountain-elf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain-elf

MLA

“mountain-elf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain-elf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountain-elf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain-elf.

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