Word.ws English Dictionary

Light Alfs

Light Alfs proper noun: the Ljósalfar.

Proper noun

Light Alfs

  1. (Norse) The Ljósalfar.
    • The former were, according to the ideas of those times, of a good and elevated nature, and of a friendly disposition towards men, whence they also received the name of White or Light Alfs or Spirits.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 106
    • In his Edda Snorri tells us that the Light Alfs are bright and shining, very fair to look upon, which fits well with the first reading of the word's etymology.2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83

Origin of Light Alfs

A calque of Old Norse ljósalfar.

Questions about Light Alfs

What does Light Alfs mean?
Light Alfs means the Ljósalfar.
What part of speech is Light Alfs?
Light Alfs is a proper noun.

Words near Light Alfs in the dictionary

  1. light academia
  2. light aeon
  3. light aeons
  4. light air
  5. light airs
  6. Light Alfs
  7. light along
  8. light art
  9. light artillery
  10. light as a feather
  11. light as a feather, stiff as a board

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Light Alfs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Light Alfs.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/light_alfs. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.