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"etymology_text": "From elf + -en. Compare elfin, elven.",
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"ref": "1857, Olaf Liliekrans, A Play in Three Acts",
"text": "ALFHILD. Were I an elfen maid, then truly, say I, it would fare with you ill! / OLAF. Forsooth, then are you the elfen maid!",
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"Belonging to, or relating to, elves."
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