Light Alfs en · PROPN
Etymology
A calque of Old Norse ljósalfar.
Meanings
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(Norse) The Ljósalfar.
The former were, according to the ideas of those times, of a good and elevated nature, and of a friendly disposition towards men, whence they also received the name of White or Light Alfs or Spirits.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 106:In his Edda Snorri tells us that the Light Alfs are bright and shining, very fair to look upon, which fits well with the first reading of the word's etymology.
2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83: