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Dark Alfs

Dark Alfs proper noun: the Dǫkkálfar.

Proper noun

Dark Alfs

  1. (Norse) The Dǫkkálfar.
    • But the Döckalfar (Dark Alfs) dwell below under the ground, and are unlike them in appearance, and still more unlike in actions.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 109

Origin of Dark Alfs

A calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

Questions about Dark Alfs

What does Dark Alfs mean?
Dark Alfs means the Dǫkkálfar.
What part of speech is Dark Alfs?
Dark Alfs is a proper noun.

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