"elle-people" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Calque of Danish ellefolk",
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Danish ellefolk.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 140",
          "text": "It is also necessary to watch cattle so that they may not graze in any place where the Elle-people have been. If any animal goes to a place where the Elle-people have spit or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease, which can only be cured by giving it a handful of St. John's wort, which was pulled at twelve o'clock on St. John's night.",
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        {
          "ref": "1861, Dinah Craik, Romantic Tales, Leipzip: Berhard Tauchnitz, page 164",
          "text": "I tremble at the very thought of the Elle-people of whom our villagers tell, while thou hast not a single fear. Why is it, sister?",
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        "A type of elf of Scandinavian folklore."
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        "(mythology) A type of elf of Scandinavian folklore."
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          "word": "elle-folk"
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          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 140",
          "text": "It is also necessary to watch cattle so that they may not graze in any place where the Elle-people have been. If any animal goes to a place where the Elle-people have spit or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease, which can only be cured by giving it a handful of St. John's wort, which was pulled at twelve o'clock on St. John's night.",
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