mountain-elf

noun

noun

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

Arts, Fantasy, Folklore, History, Human sciences, Literature, Media, Publishing, Sciences An elf which inhabits alpine regions, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.

King Arvid of the mountain-elves was to be there, so said the crowd[.]1890, M.A. Curtois, Elf-Knights, London: Remington and Co., page 9:

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