verb · intransitive · rare

elf

elf · elfs · elfed · elfing

To twist into elflocksTo twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.

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/ɛlf/

» What's an elf?

Was ist eine Elbe? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Что такое "эльф"? — Ooneykcall

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Meaning

1 senses

(archaic)To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.

Examples

81 sentences

What's an elf?
ruЧто такое "эльф"? — Ooneykcall
deWas ist eine Elbe? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I saw the elves again.
Я знову бачив елфів. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
deIch habe wieder die Elben gesehen. — Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Tom looks like an elf.
Том схожий на ельфа. — deniko
ruТом похож на эльфа. — marafon
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I'm an elf.
Я ельфійка. — Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR
ruЯ эльф. — Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR
deIch bin eine Elfin. — Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR
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A group of elves accompany him.
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Origin

From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from

From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf, awf, and oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Forms

elfs, elfing, elfed, elfed

Base form	elf · to elf
3rd person singular	elfs
Present participle	elfing
Past simple	elfed
Past participle	elfed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	elf
he, she, it	elfs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

elfed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have elfed
he, she, it	has elfed

Future simple (will)Lesson