elf-folk
elf-folk noun: all elves, considered as a people.
Noun
elf-folk (countable and uncountable, plural elf-folks)
- All elves, considered as a people.
- Good care must be taken to prevent cattle from grazing where the Elf-folk have been; for if an animal come on a place where they have either spat or done worse, it will be seized with grievous complaints, which can be remedied only by giving them to eat a handful of St. John's wort, gathered on St....1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, volume II, London: Edward Lumley, page 117
Forms of elf-folk
| plural | elf-folks |
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Origin of elf-folk
From elf + folk.
Questions about elf-folk
- What does elf-folk mean?
- Elf-folk means all elves, considered as a people.
- What part of speech is elf-folk?
- Elf-folk is a noun.
- What is the plural of elf-folk?
- The plural of elf-folk is elf-folks.
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