alfr

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See also: álfr and Álfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

álfr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alfr m

elf

Declension

Declension of *alfr* (strong a-stem)
masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alfr	alfrinn	alfar	alfarnir
accusative	alf	alfinn	alfa	alfana
dative	alfi	alfinum	ǫlfum	ǫlfunum
genitive	alfs	alfsins	alfa	alfanna

Derived terms

dǫkkalfar (“dark elves”)
ljósalfar (“light elves”)
svartalfar (“black elves”)
Gandalfr (name of a dwarf)

Descendants

Icelandic: álfur
Faroese: álvur
Norwegian Nynorsk: alv, elv; (dialectal) alg
Norwegian Bokmål: alv, elv
Old Swedish: ælf, ælva
- Swedish: älva; alf, alv (reborrowed from Old Norse)
Danish: elv (now only poetic); → alf (learned)
→ Arabic: آلْف (ʔālf)
→ English: auf, oaf
→ Scottish Gaelic: ealbhar
→ Belarusian: альв (alʹv)
→ Russian: альв (alʹv)
→ Ukrainian: альв (alʹv)

Further reading

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “alfr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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