Elf-folk

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    All elves, considered as a people. countable, uncountable

    "Good care must be taken to prevent cattle from grazing where the Elf-folk have been; for if an animal come on a place where they have either spat or done worse, it will be seized with grievous complaints, which can be remedied only by giving them to eat a handful of St. John's wort, gathered on St. John's night at twelve o'clock."

Example

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"Good care must be taken to prevent cattle from grazing where the Elf-folk have been; for if an animal come on a place where they have either spat or done worse, it will be seized with grievous complaints, which can be remedied only by giving them to eat a handful of St. John's wort, gathered on St. John's night at twelve o'clock."

Etymology

From elf + folk.

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