alfr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.
Noun
alfr m
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | alfr | alfrinn | alfar | alfarnir |
| accusative | alf | alfinn | alfa | alfana |
| dative | alfi | alfinum | ǫlfum | ǫlfunum |
| genitive | alfs | alfsins | alfa | alfanna |
Derived terms
- dǫkkalfar (“dark elves”)
- ljósalfar (“light elves”)
- svartalfar (“black elves”)
- Gandalfr (name of a dwarf)
Descendants
- Icelandic: álfur
- Faroese: álvur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alv, elv; (dialectal) alg
- Norwegian Bokmål: alv, elv
- Old Swedish: ælf, ælva
- Danish: elver (now only poetic); → alf (learned)
- → Arabic: آلْف (ʔālf)
- → English: auf, oaf
- → Scottish Gaelic: ealbhar
- → Belarusian: альв (alʹv)
- → Russian: альв (alʹv)
- → Ukrainian: альв (alʹv)
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “alfr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN