Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ELF

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Definitions of ELF

1. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
2. (Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
3. (fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
4. (South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
5. (nowrare) To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.
6. (file format) Acronym of Executable and Linking Format (a common object file format for Unix)
7. (electronics) Initialism of extremely low frequency.
8. (linguistics) Acronym of English as a Lingua Franca (English used by non-native speakers)
9. Initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front (a radical environmentalism group)
10. Initialism of w:Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien)
11. Initialism of w:Endangered Language Fund (a non-profit organization)
12. 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 and orcs, especially in modern fantasy literature.

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Examples of Using ELF in a Sentence

• Their name's meaning is "clever, skillful, inventive, prudent", cognate to Latin labor and Gothic arb-aiþs "labour, toil", and perhaps to English elf.
• The player no longer takes the role of the "Bug Blaster" from Centipede, but instead takes the role of an elf called the "Archer".
• Álfröðull also occurs as a kenning for the sun in skaldic verse; the simplex, röðull, is used with the same meaning, and Alaric Hall therefore suggests in his book on the elves that the choice of "álfröðull" depended on alliteration, but that the existence of the kenning suggests that the concepts of the sun and the elves were "semantically congruent"; he considers the álfr (elf) in "álfröðull" possibly a heiti for Freyr.
• Established in the aftermath of Blackmore's first departure from Deep Purple, they originally featured four members of the American rock band Elf, including their singer Ronnie James Dio, but after their self-titled debut album, Blackmore fired these members, except Dio, recruiting drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain, and keyboardist Tony Carey.
• In this ballad, an elf threatens to abduct a young woman to be his lover unless she can perform an impossible task ("For thou must shape a sark to me / Without any cut or heme, quoth he"); she responds with a list of tasks that he must first perform ("I have an aiker of good ley-land / Which lyeth low by yon sea-strand").
• The player can choose five different character types (or classes): adventurer, warrior, dwarf, elf and mage.
• The first cycle, the eight-book Artemis Fowl, follows elf Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance (LEPRecon) officer Holly Short as she faces the forces of criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II; later on in the cycle the adversaries are forced to work together, gradually becoming firm friends/brief love interests while saving the world.

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