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elf-damsel

elf-damsel noun: a young female elf.

Noun

elf-damsel (plural elf-damsels)

  1. A young female elf.
    • The horn he held fast, and clapping spurs to his horse, rode away with all possible speed, followed by the Elf-damsel, until he reached Trigebrand's mill[.]1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, volume II, London: Edward Lumley, page 142
    • The elf-damsel gave chase until horse and man reached a running water, across which she could not follow them.1891, Edwin Sidney Hartland, The Science of Fairy Tales, London: Walter Scott, page 144

Forms of elf-damsel

pluralelf-damsels

Questions about elf-damsel

What does elf-damsel mean?
Elf-damsel means a young female elf.
What part of speech is elf-damsel?
Elf-damsel is a noun.
What is the plural of elf-damsel?
The plural of elf-damsel is elf-damsels.

Words near elf-damsel in the dictionary

  1. elf-child
  2. elf-children
  3. elf-craft
  4. elf-cup
  5. elf-cups
  6. elf-damsel
  7. elf-damsels
  8. elf-dance
  9. elf-dances
  10. elf-dock
  11. elf-folk

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