Elfwife
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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.
More for "elfwife"
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