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alf
/ælf/
name 4noun 2
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1VERB + ALF
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noun
1
A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar.
As the Scandinavians were at that time still worshippers of Thor and Odin, the belief in Alfs and Dwarfs accompanied them to their new abodes, and there, as elsewhere, survived the introduction of Christianity.
[T]he charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that the alfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm was composed.
name
1
A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages.
noun
1
An uncultured Australian.
Martin Sharp once described Sydney's western suburbs to me hazily as 'where the Alfs live'.
Oz savaged suburbia as a wasteland of consumerism and conformity, peopled with 'Alfs' […]
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As the Scandinavians were at that time still worshippers of Thor and Odin, the belief in Alfs and Dwarfs accompanied them to their new abodes, and there, as elsewhere, survived the introduction of Chr
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[T]he charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that the alfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm wa
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Martin Sharp once described Sydney's western suburbs to me hazily as 'where the Alfs live'.
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Oz savaged suburbia as a wasteland of consumerism and conformity, peopled with 'Alfs' […]
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Coote ended his piece with the claim that “[t]he Australian Alfs are beyond redemption”, and as such only small groups of militant aligned students and workers posed a real challenge to the system.
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Paul is just watching Alf.
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