Wood-elf

noun

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

    "This was the chorus of the wood-elves, with which the Moonlight Ball begins."

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"This was the chorus of the wood-elves, with which the Moonlight Ball begins."

Etymology

From wood + elf; compare Old English wuduielfen, from wudu (“wood”) + ielfen (“female elf”).

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