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Old English
Etymology
From dūn + ielfen.
Pronunciation
Noun
dunielfen f
- (hapax) oread
- text seventh- or eighth-century, manuscript ninth-century, Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Voccius Lat. 4o 106, f. 10r, glossing Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae I 8.11.97: Nymphas quippe montium Oreades dicunt ('for they call nymphs of mountains Oreades')
Oreades duun . aelfinni .- Oreades: mountain-elves
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
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