Dún-elfen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dún-elfen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 dún-elfen

f. [-ælfen a fairy] A down or mountain fairy; castălis, ĭdis; f. one of the muses; castălĭdes, um, f. Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 112; Wrt. Voc. 60, 19. dun-elfen

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚢᚾ-ᛖᛚᚠᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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