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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven, elvan (“spark”) because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.
Adjective
elvan (comparative more elvan, superlative most elvan)
- (mining) Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
- an elvan course
Noun
elvan (countable and uncountable, plural elvans)
- (mining) The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.
- Synonym: elvanite (the rock)
Etymology 2
Variation of elven (or elfin, which see for more) influenced by -an.
Adjective
elvan (comparative more elvan, superlative most elvan)
- (uncommon) Elven, elfin, pertaining to elves.
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References
- ^ James Stormonth, Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition, William Blackwood and Sons (1879), page 174, under the entry “elf”: “elvan, a. ĕlv'-ăn, same as elfish”
- ^ “elvan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “elvan”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ Thomas Davidson, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language (1907)
- ^ Handbook for travellers in Cornwall (1879), John Murray (publishers), page 25
- ^ Frederick William Pearce Jago, An English-Cornish Dictionary: Compiled from the Best Sources (1887), entry "STONE": "A very hard stone which will strike fire is called elvan. Borlase says elven means a spark of fire."
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Swedish
Noun
elvan
- definite singular of elva
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