mountain-elf

English

Etymology

From mountain + elf; compare Old English muntælfen, from munt (“mountain”) +‎ ælfen (“elf”).

Noun

mountain-elf (plural mountain-elves)

  1. (folklore, fantasy) An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.
    • 1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 9:
      King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]
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