elfen

From elf +‎ -en. Compare elfin, elven.

elfen (comparative more elfen, superlative most elfen)

1. Belonging to, or relating to, elves.
   • 1857, Olaf Liliekrans, A Play in Three Acts:

     ALFHILD. Were I an elfen maid, then truly, say I, it would fare with you ill! / OLAF. Forsooth, then are you the elfen maid!

• fleen

• IPA^(key): /ɛlvən/

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elfen

1. plural of elf

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.fen/, [ˈeɫ.ven]

elfen f

1. Alternative form of ielfen

From Proto-Brythonic *elβ̃en (whence also Cornish elven, Breton elfenn), borrowed from Latin elementum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlvɛn/

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elfen f (plural elfennau)

1. element (essential part)
2. (chemistry) element
3. element, factor, part

• elfen gemegol (“chemical element”)
• elfennol (“elementary”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “elfen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies