elf-shootv.

Etymology: < elf n.¹ + shoot v., after elf-shot n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈelf-shoot.

northern dialect.

transitive. ‘To shoot, as the vulgar suppose, with an elf-arrow’ (Jamieson).

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a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 66 Nine braw nowt were smoor'd, Three elf-shot were.

1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xxix. 281 When these animals are seized with a certain disorder..they say they are elf-shot.

1806 Falls of Clyde i. iv. 120 You'll a warlock turn..Elfe-shoot our Ky.

1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 138 It secures their cattle..from being elfshot by fairies, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	elf-shoot
释义	elf-shootv. Etymology: < elf n.¹ + shoot v., after elf-shot n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈelf-shoot. northern dialect. transitive. ‘To shoot, as the vulgar suppose, with an elf-arrow’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 66 Nine braw nowt were smoor'd, Three elf-shot were. 1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xxix. 281 When these animals are seized with a certain disorder..they say they are elf-shot. 1806 Falls of Clyde i. iv. 120 You'll a warlock turn..Elfe-shoot our Ky. 1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 138 It secures their cattle..from being elfshot by fairies, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.a1758
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