English

elfinly

From elfin + -ly.

Formed from elfin + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós ‘white’

Proto-Germanic *albiz ‘elf’

Old English ielf ‘elf’

Old English elfen ‘nymph, spirit, fairy’

Middle English elven ‘a elf, a fairy, nymph’

English elfin

Today it means

adv In an elfin manner.

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