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elfwives

elfwives is the plural of elfwife.

Meaning of elfwife

Noun

elfwife (plural elfwives)

  1. A married female elf.
    • The Spanish Hidalgo loses his Elf-wife by pronouncing a sacred name, and the Metal Boat of the Prince Amrad sinks under the same bann.1824, John Macculloch, The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, volume IV, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 326
  2. The human wife of a male elf.
    • Here the woman learned that the Elf-wife could not be delivered without the aid of a Christian woman, she being herself a Christian, but had been carried off by the Elf-man.1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, volume II, London: Edward Lumley, page 128

Questions about elfwives

What is elfwives the plural of?
Elfwives is the plural of elfwife.

Words near elfwives in the dictionary

  1. elfs
  2. elfship
  3. elfships
  4. elfwife
  5. elfwise
  6. elfwives
  7. elfwoman
  8. elfwomen
  9. elfwort
  10. ELG
  11. Elgan

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