elle-maidelle-maidenn.

Forms:

α. 1800s–1900s elle-maid.

β. 1800s–1900s elle-maiden.

Origin: A borrowing from Danish, combined with an English element. Etymons: Danish ellepige , maid n.¹; Danish ellepige , maiden n.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < elle- (in Danish ellepige, literally ‘elf-girl’: see note) + maid n.¹, and partly (in β. forms) < elle- (in Danish ellepige) + maiden n.Danish ellepige (1803 or earlier) is < elle- , variant of elve- , combining form of elv elf n.¹ + pige girl (Old Danish pighe) < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic píka (in late sources), Old Swedish pika (Swedish piga), further etymology uncertain, perhaps a borrowing < a Finnic language (compare Finnish piika girl).

A half-adoption, half-translation of Danish elle-pige elf-girl.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun]

elfOE

elvena1100

spiritc1350

fay1393

fairyc1405

mammeta1425

sprite?1440

lady1538

faerie1579

Robin Goodfellow1588

elfin1590

pigwidgeon1594

pygmy1611

fairess1674

peri1739

spriggan1754

fane1806

glendoveer1810

vila1827

Polong1839

Gandharva1846

elle-maid1850

sheogue1852

hillman1882

elvet1885

pishogue1906

1850 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. 234 The..Wild-women of Germany bear a very strong resemblance to the Elle-maids of Scandinavia.

a1859 L. Hunt Shewe Faire Seeming xxv Like trunk of dread Elle-maiden, haunting Germany.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	elle-maid
释义	elle-maidelle-maidenn. Forms: α. 1800s–1900s elle-maid. β. 1800s–1900s elle-maiden. Origin: A borrowing from Danish, combined with an English element. Etymons: Danish ellepige , maid n.¹; Danish ellepige , maiden n. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < elle- (in Danish ellepige, literally ‘elf-girl’: see note) + maid n.¹, and partly (in β. forms) < elle- (in Danish ellepige) + maiden n.Danish ellepige (1803 or earlier) is < elle- , variant of elve- , combining form of elv elf n.¹ + pige girl (Old Danish pighe) < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic píka (in late sources), Old Swedish pika (Swedish piga), further etymology uncertain, perhaps a borrowing < a Finnic language (compare Finnish piika girl). A half-adoption, half-translation of Danish elle-pige elf-girl. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] elfOE elvena1100 spiritc1350 fay1393 fairyc1405 mammeta1425 sprite?1440 lady1538 faerie1579 Robin Goodfellow1588 elfin1590 pigwidgeon1594 pygmy1611 fairess1674 peri1739 spriggan1754 fane1806 glendoveer1810 vila1827 Polong1839 Gandharva1846 elle-maid1850 sheogue1852 hillman1882 elvet1885 pishogue1906 1850 T. Keightley Fairy Mythol. 234 The..Wild-women of Germany bear a very strong resemblance to the Elle-maids of Scandinavia. a1859 L. Hunt Shewe Faire Seeming xxv Like trunk of dread Elle-maiden, haunting Germany. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1850
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