"alf" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Swedish alf",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "alfr"
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      "expansion": "Old Norse alfr",
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch alf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "elf",
        "3": "oaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of elf and oaf",
      "name": "doublet"
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  "etymology_text": "From Danish and Swedish alf, from Old Norse alfr; see also Dutch alf. Doublet of elf and oaf.",
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    {
      "form": "alfs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83:",
          "text": "[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.",
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        "A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar."
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        "(Norse mythology) A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar."
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish alf",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "alfr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse alfr",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch alf",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "elf",
        "3": "oaf"
      },
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        "plural"
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          "ref": "2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83:",
          "text": "[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.",
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