Meaning of elfwife | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A married female elf.
2. The human wife of a male elf.

Examples

“The Spanish Hidalgo loses his Elf-wife by pronouncing a sacred name, and the Metal Boat of the Prince Amrad sinks under the same bann.”

“Elidyr, the elf-wife, Keeps a small tavern In a moss-carpeted, Fern-curtained cavern.”

“An elf wife hung her washing out Upon a cobweb line (Including socks and handkerchiefs), The articles were nine.”

“Here the woman learned that the Elf-wife could not be delivered without the aid of a Christian woman, she being herself a Christian, but had been carried off by the Elf-man.”

“During his absence the elfwife took the opportunity of instructing her helper as to her conduct when he returned; and the first and chief point of her advice was to eat nothing that was offered her.”

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