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Source-reportedMeaning: “elf, fairy”
Du nom álfr (« elfe, fée »).
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- French Wiktionary: ÁlfrCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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“elf, fairy”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Álfr is recorded as a given name in Wiktionary. French Wiktionary gives the meaning “elf, fairy”.
Meaning: “elf, fairy”
Du nom álfr (« elfe, fée »).
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ALFR— “elf”
The elf of England and Germany, the _alfr_ of the North, was a being dear to the imagination of the people. His name means the _white_, the same word already mentioned as forming the Latin _albus_, and designating the Elbe and the Alps, as well as appearing in the Elphin of Cymric legend. The elves, or white spirits, were supposed to be beautiful shadowy gifted beings, often strangely influencing the life of mortals, so that in old Germany the Alfr were the genii of man’s…
The elf of England and Germany, the _alfr_ of the North, was a being dear to the imagination of the people. His name means the _white_, the same word already mentioned as forming the Latin _albus_, and designating the Elbe and the Alps, as well as appearing in the Elphin of Cymric legend. The elves, or white spirits, were supposed to be beautiful shadowy gifted beings, often strangely influencing the life of mortals, so that in old Germany the Alfr were the genii of man’s life, like the Disir of the North; and Elberich probably originally attended Otnit in this capacity. Christianity did not destroy the faith in the elf-world, but the existence of these beings was accounted for by supposing them children of Eve, whom she had hidden from the face of her Maker, and He had therefore condemned to be hidden from the face of man. They were thought to mourn for their exclusion from Redemption, and to seek baptism for their infants; but in process of time their higher attributes dropped off from them, and they were mixed up with the malicious black dwarfs.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section XIII (Elberich) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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