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Old English
Etymology
From land + ielf.
Pronunciation
Noun
landielf f
- (hapax) muse associated with the countryside
- manuscript c. 930s, Third Cleopatra Glossary, glossing Aldhelm's Carmen de Virginitate lines 23-25: Non rogo ruricolas versus et commata Musas ('I do not ask country-dwelling Muses for verses and parts of lines')
Ruricolas musas: landælfe- Ruricolas musas: land-elves
Declension
Declension of landielf (strong ō-stem)