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elfling en · NOUN

Etymology

From elf + -ling.

Meanings

1. A small or tiny elf; an elf of a diminutive type.
   • Dear soul, dear changeling, elfling dear, My body's guest and mate, Now whither wilt thou go? 1922 October 27, The Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record, Renmark, SA, page 22, column 3:
   • At dawn beneath an apple tree, The morn her dancing elflings told To clothe the world in dewdrops free. 1937 January 26, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 23, column 4:
   • The boy was a big man now and the child had grown into a young woman; quite different from the pretty little elfling who had sat upon his knee. 1877 August 4, The Ipswich Observer and West Moreton Advocate, Qld, page S1, column 2:

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