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–noun, plural elves

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1.	(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, esp. from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.

2.	a diminutive person, esp. a child.

3.	a mischievous person, esp. a child.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME, back formation from elven, OE elfen nymph (i.e., female elf), var. of ælfen; see elfin

]

—Related forms

elflike, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See fairy.

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ELF

extremely low frequency.

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n. pl. elves (ělvz)

A small, often mischievous creature considered to have magical powers.
1. A lively, mischievous child.
2. A usually sprightly or mischievous or sometimes spiteful person.

[Middle English, from Old English ælf; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]

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ELF
abbr. extremely low frequency

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extremely low frequency
n. Abbr. ELF
A radio frequency below 300 hertz.

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elf

"race of powerful supernatural beings in Gmc. folklore," O.E. elf, ælf, from P.Gmc. *albiz, origin unknown, possibly from PIE *albho- "white." A popular component in Anglo-Saxon names, many of which survive as modern given names and surnames, cf. Ælfræd "Elf-counsel" (Alfred), Ælfwine "Elf-friend" (Alvin), Ælfric "Elf-ruler" (Eldridge), also women's names such as Ælfflæd "Elf-beauty." Elf Lock hair tangled, especially by Queen Mab, "which it was not fortunate to disentangle" [according to Robert Nares' glossary of Shakespeare] is from 1592. Elvish (adj.) attested from c.1340.

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elf
noun
1.	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
2.	below 3 kilohertz [syn: extremely low frequency]

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elf [elf] noun — plural elves [elvz]

a tiny and mischievous fairy

Arabic:	جِنّي صَغير مُؤْذٍ
Chinese (Simplified):	小精灵
Chinese (Traditional):	小精靈
Czech:	skřítek
Danish:	alf; nisse
Dutch:	elf
Estonian:	elf, haldjas
Finnish:	keiju
French:	lutin
German:	der Elf, *die Elfe
Greek:	ξωτικό
Hungarian:	tündér
Icelandic:	álfur; púki
Indonesian:	peri
Italian:	elfo, folletto

Japanese:	小妖精
Latvian:	lauma
Lithuanian:	elfas
Norwegian:	alv, fe, nisse
Polish:	elf, duszek
Portuguese (Brazil):	elfo
Portuguese (Portugal):	duende
Romanian:	spiriduş
Russian:	эльф
Slovak:	škriatok
Slovenian:	škrat
Spanish:	duende, elfo
Swedish:	alf, älva
Turkish:	peri, cin

See also: elfin

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ELF
Binary format used by System V Release 4 Unix.

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Elf

Auf\ ([add]f), n. [OE. auph, aulf, fr. Icel. [=a]lfr elf. See Elf.] [Also spelt oaf, ouphe.] A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] --Drayton.

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Elf

Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl. Elves ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf.]

1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak.

2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot.

Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling.

Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.

Elf owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.

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ELF
extremely low frequency

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