alfr
See also: álfr and Álfr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- álfr
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.
Noun
alfr m
- elf
Declension
Declension of alfr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | alfr | alfrinn | alfar | alfarnir |
| accusative | alf | alfinn | alfa | alfana |
| dative | alfi | alfinum | ǫlfum | ǫlfunum |
| genitive | alfs | alfsins | alfa | alfanna |
Derived terms
- dǫkkalfar (“dark elves”)
- ljósalfar (“light elves”)
- svartalfar (“black elves”)
- Gandalfr (name of a dwarf)
Descendants
- Icelandic: álfur
- Faroese: álvur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alv, elv; (dialectal) alg
- Norwegian Bokmål: alv, elv
- Old Swedish: ælf, ælva
- Swedish: älva; alf, alv (reborrowed from Old Norse)
- Danish: alf (reborrowed from Old Norse), elv (now only poetic)
- → Arabic: آلْف (ʾālf)
- → English: auf, oaf
- → Scottish Gaelic: ealbhar
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “alfr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN