Elfwife

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A married female elf.

    "The Spanish Hidalgo loses his Elf-wife by pronouncing a sacred name, and the Metal Boat of the Prince Amrad sinks under the same bann."

  2. 2
    The human wife of a male elf.

    "Here the woman learned that the Elf-wife could not be delivered without the aid of a Christian woman, she being herself a Christian, but had been carried off by the Elf-man."

Example

More examples

"The Spanish Hidalgo loses his Elf-wife by pronouncing a sacred name, and the Metal Boat of the Prince Amrad sinks under the same bann."

Etymology

From elf + wife.

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