SG Heritage Dictionary

Elf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. plural elves.

2. 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.

3. Every elf and fairy sprite,

4. Hope as light as bird from brier.

5. An evil spirit; a devil.

6. A diminutive person.

Elf [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

Elf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

Elf [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Elves

Elf [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

Elf-arrow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A name given to flints in the shape of arrow-heads, vulgarly supposed to be shot by fairies.

Elf-lock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A knot of hair twisted by elves.

Elfin [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Relating or pertaining to elves.

Elfin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A little urchin.

Elfin [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Relating to elves.

Elfin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A little elf or urchin.

Elfish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Resembling elves; clad in disguise.

Elfish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.

Elfishly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an elfish manner.

Elfishness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being elfish.

Elfkin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A little elf.

Elfland [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fairyland.

Elflock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.