elf-children
elf-children is the plural of elf-child.
Meaning of elf-child
Noun
elf-child (plural elf-children)
- A child of an elf; a young or infant elf, especially one that has been left as a changeling.
- “Good-wife,” said the miller, “as sure as mill stones run round, that's an elfwoman and that's an elfchild, — or they are the fair resemblances, made by the foul spirit of a mother and bairn, for deceiving thee and me, and bringing us to shame.”1823 September 1, The Atheneum, or, Spirit of the English Magazines, Boston, page 424, column 1
Questions about elf-children
- What is elf-children the plural of?
- Elf-children is the plural of elf-child.
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