Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Norse)A member of the race of Dǫkkálfar or Dark Alfs, creatures who live underground.

    Dunkelelb

  2. A member of a race of elves that is evil, has a dark (often greyish or bluish) skin and/or lives in dark places.

    Dunkelelb

Examples

2 sentences
  1. In contrast to Mary, a forest elf, Jeanne was a dark elf.

  2. "I want my dark elf to be blue." "OK... That one's purple. You'll be purple for this week."

    ru«Я хочу, чтобы мой тёмный эльф был синим». — «Ладно… Этот фиолетовый. На этой неделе побудешь фиолетовым». — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

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By meaning 1
a Dǫkkálfar:

Origin

Back-formation from dark elves, a calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

Back-formation from dark elves, a calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

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Forms

plural: dark elves
Singulardark elf
Pluraldark elves

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dark elf — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto