English-Thai Dictionary

elf

N คนที่ มี รูปร่าง เล็ก (โดยเฉพาะ เด็ก ที่ เกเร หรือ ซน  kon-ti-me-rub-rang-lek

 

elf

N เทพยดา  นางไม้  ภูต  fairy sprite teb-ti-da

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELF

n.plu. elves. 1. A wandering spirit; a fairy; a hobgoblin; an imaginary being which our rude ancestors supposed to inhabit unfrequented places, and in various ways to affect mankind. Hence in Scottish, elf-shot is an elf-arrow; an arrow-head of flint, supposed to be shot by elfs; and it signifies also a disease supposed to be produced by the agency of spirits.
Every elf, and fairy sprite,
Hope as light as bird from brier.
2. An evil spirit; a devil.
3. A diminutive person.

 

ELF

v.t.To entangle hair in so intricate a manner, that it cannot be disentangled. This work was formerly ascribed to elves.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELF

Elf, n.; pl. Elves. Etym: [AS. ælf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. rbhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf. ]

 

1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. Shak.

 

2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; - - so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot. -- Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. -- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zoöl.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi ) of Southern California and Arizona.

 

ELF

ELF Elf, v. t.

 

Defn: To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. Elf all my hair in knots. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ELF

ELF |elf | ▶abbreviation extremely low frequency.

 

elf

elf |elf ɛlf | ▶noun ( pl. elves |elvz | ) a supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature. DERIVATIVES elf ish adjective, elv en |ˈelvən |adjective ( literary ), elv ish |ˈelviSH |adjective ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Alp ‘nightmare. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ELF

ELF |ɛlf | ▶abbreviation extremely low frequency.

 

elf

elf |ɛlf | ▶noun ( pl. elves |ɛlvz | ) a supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, delicate, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature. DERIVATIVES elfish adjective, elven adjective ( literary ), elvish adjective ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Alp ‘nightmare ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

elf

elf noun elves inhabit the great hollow trees: pixie, fairy, sprite, imp, brownie; dwarf, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin; leprechaun, puck, troll.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

elf

elf noun birthmarks were thought to be bruises left by elves: pixie, fairy, sprite, imp, brownie; dwarf, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin; leprechaun, puck, troll; Irish Sidhe; rare nix, nixie.

 

Duden Dictionary

elf

elf Zahlwort |e lf |Kardinalzahl in Ziffern 11 Zur Schreibung von Zahlwörtern wie »elf « vgl. acht mittelhochdeutsch eilf, althochdeutsch einlif

 

Elf

Elf Substantiv, feminin , die |E lf |die Elf; Genitiv: der Elf, Plural: die Elfen 1 Zahl 11 2 Sport aus elf Spielern bestehende Mannschaft, z. B. beim Fußball 3 Bus-, [Straßen ]bahnlinie 11

 

Elf

Elf Substantiv, maskulin , der Elfe |E lf |der Elf; Genitiv: des Elfen, Plural: die Elfen englisch elf < altenglisch ælf, verwandt mit Alb zarter, anmutiger Naturgeist aus der Welt der Sagen und Märchen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

elf

elf /elf /名詞 複 elves /elvz /C エルフ 〘とがった耳の小さな妖精 （ようせい ）〙.