dark elf

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from dark elves, a calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːk ɛlf/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑɹk ɛlf/ === Noun === dark elf (plural dark elves) (Norse mythology) A member of the race of Dǫkkálfar or Dark Alfs, creatures who live underground. (fantasy) A member of a race of elves that is evil, has a dark (often greyish or bluish) skin and/or lives in dark places. ==== Usage notes ==== Some scholars think that in Old Norse the term for dark elves was a kenning for "dwarves". ==== Translations ==== === See also === drow light elf === References === Bulfinch, Thomas (1834; republished in 1970 by Harper & Row), Bulfinch's Mythology, →ISBN, page 348 Mythology of All Races, volume 2: Eddic, Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pages 220–221 === Anagrams === farkled