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What is the noun for elf?

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elf
  1. (Norse) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
  2. Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
  3. (fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
  4. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “If it were a mystical elf, it would not be using an arrow and bow.”
      “It's like I have an evil little elf in me that chirps out the meanest things at bad times.”
      “I think that it makes you look cute, sort of like Santa's favorite elf.”
elve
  1. (astronomy) an upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity
  2. Obsolete form of elf.
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is ikely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera.”
elflore
elflock
  1. (now rare) A lock of hair that is tangled.
elfishness
elfdom
  1. The world or realm of elves.
  2. Examples:
    1. “People now can be hardcore ninja dwarves, or err towards the piratic side of elfdom.”
elfhood
  1. The state of being an elf.
elfkin
  1. A little elf.
elfe
  1. MED, elf, elve(n)
elves
  1. plural of elf
  2. plural of elve
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Legend tells it that it was dragons that first taught humans and elves how to use magic.”
      “The two dwarves glared at the human and the other elves but offered nothing but a grunt.”
      “Passengers join Santa and all his pixies and elves for a one hour steam train journey through Bronte Country.”
elflocks
  1. plural of elflock
  2. Examples:
    1. Elflocks, according to fairy lore, would be considered the mischievous work of fairies which may be matted with mud and twisted to appear much like a traditional dreadlock.”
elfkins
  1. plural of elfkin
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