Dark Alfs

English

Etymology

A calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

Proper noun

Dark Alfs

1. (Norse mythology) The Dǫkkálfar.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 109:

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