"elven" meaning in Middle English

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          "english": "(Oft in the form of women, in very stealthy ways, great numbers of men see fallen angels both happy and playful, that Elvene are embraced,)",
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          "text": "Ofte in fourme of wommane In many derne weye grete compaygnie men i-seoth of heom boþe hoppie and pleiᵹe, þat Eluene beoth i-cleopede",
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          "ref": "1300, The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester:",
          "text": "& ofte in wimmen fourme hii comeþ to men al so, Þat men clupeþ eluene. —",
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          "elf",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛlvən/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈalvən/"
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