Mountain-elf

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.

    "King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]"

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"King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]"

Etymology

From mountain + elf; compare Old English muntælfen, from munt (“mountain”) + ælfen (“elf”).

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