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ÆELF

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1 ÆELF

m. An ELF ; genius, incubus :-- Wið ælfe gníd myrran on win against an elf rub myrrh in wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm, ii. 296, 9. Ylfe, pl. nom. m. Beo. Th. 224; B.I 12. Plat. elf: O. Dut. alf: Ger. elf, m; elbe, f; alp, m. nightmare, Grm. Wörterbch. iii. 400; i. 200, 245; Grm. Mythol. 249: M. H. Ger. alp, alf, m. pl; elbe, f: O. H. Ger. alp, m: Dan. elv: Swed, elf: O. Nrs. álfr, m.] DER. ælf-ádl, -cyn, -nóþ, -réd=-rǽd, -sciéne, -scínu, -scýne, -siden, -sogoða, -þone: ylfe: ælfen, elfen, dún-, feld-, múnt-, sǽ-, wudu-, wylde-. æelf
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Nrs.
Old Norse

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Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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