alf
English edit
Etymology edit
From Danish and Swedish alf, from Old Norse alfr; see also Dutch alf. Doublet of elf and oaf.
Noun edit
alf (plural alfs)
- (Norse mythology) A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar.
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 248:
- As the Scandinavians were at that time still worshippers of Thor and Odin, the belief in Alfs and Dwarfs accompanied them to their new abodes, and there, as elsewhere, survived the introduction of Christianity.
- 2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83:
- [T]he charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that the alfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm was composed.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
Noun edit
alf c (singular definite alfen, plural indefinite alfer)
Declension edit
Declension of alf
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “alf” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch alf, from Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet with Dutch elf (“elf”), a modern borrowing from English.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alf m (plural alven, diminutive alfje n, feminine alve)
Synonyms edit
- (mythical being): elf
Derived terms edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
Noun edit
alf m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
- Dutch: alf
Further reading edit
- “alf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “alf”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
alf
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *albiz.
Noun edit
alf m
Declension edit
Declension of alf (masculine a-stem)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | alf | alvos |
accusative | alf | alvos |
genitive | alves | alvō |
dative | alve | alvum |
instrumental | — | — |
Plautdietsch edit
Numeral edit
alf
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
Noun edit
alf c
- Alternative spelling of alv (“elf”)
Usage notes edit
- The word alf (alfven, alfver) turned into alv (alven, alver) in the 1906 spelling reform. Somehow, the old form also lives on, but now with different inflected forms.
Declension edit
Declension of alf | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alf | alfen | alfer | alferna |
Genitive | alfs | alfens | alfers | alfernas |
Obsolete:
Declension of alf | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alf | alfven | alfver | alfverna |
Genitive | alfs | alfvens | alfvers | alfvernas |
Anagrams edit
Vilamovian edit
< 10 | 11 | 12 > |
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Cardinal : alf Ordinal : alfty | ||
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
ȧlf
West Frisian edit
Numeral edit
alf
- Alternative form of alve
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