A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien’s Eldar).
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.
A fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.
A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds
An old unit of volume (2½ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).
