elves
n. spirits of the dead who brought fertility (mainly in Teutonic and Norse folklore) elf n. small mischievous creature (also about a child); fairy, sprite, gnome (Folklore) | ||||
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Elves Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Elves
(pl. )
of Elf
(pl. )
of Elf
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elves
Noun
1. an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
(hypernym) atmospheric electricity
Noun
1. an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
(hypernym) atmospheric electricity
elf
Noun
1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
(synonym) hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
(hypernym) fairy, faery, faerie, sprite
(hyponym) leprechaun
(classification) folklore
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elves
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elves
\elves\ (?), n.; pl. of elf. elvish \elv"ish\ (?), a.
1. pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. see elfish. he seemeth elvish by his countenance.
2. mysterious; also, foolish. [obs.]
elves
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elves
\elves\ (?), n.; pl. of elf. elvish \elv"ish\ (?), a.
1. pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. see elfish. he seemeth elvish by his countenance.
2. mysterious; also, foolish. [obs.]
Elves Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Elves
See especially 37-9, 48-51, 53, 99, 121, 326-7; and see also Children of Ilúvatar, Eldar; Dark Elves. Elves of the Light: see Calaquendi.
See especially 37-9, 48-51, 53, 99, 121, 326-7; and see also Children of Ilúvatar, Eldar; Dark Elves. Elves of the Light: see Calaquendi.
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Elves
The Elder Children of Ilúvatar.
The first Elves awoke by Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle-earth, long Ages before the Rising of the Sun or Moon. Unlike Men, the Elves were not subject to illness or death, and at the time of the Lord of the Rings, there were still at least two Elves in Aman who had awoken by Cuiviénen in the first days; Ingwë, Lord of the Vanyar, and Olwë, brother of King Elu Thingol.
Origins and Early History: In the far eastern land of Cuiviénen, on the shores of the Inland Sea of Helcar and beneath the mountains of the Orocarni, the Elves awoke under the starlight of the Years of the Trees. The Valar at first knew nothing of their coming, but they were soon discovered by the spies of Melkor, who sent his creatures to watch them and harrass them.
How long they existed in this perilous and unprotected state is not known, but the legends of those times, of the Hunter and of a dark Rider, were preserved in Valinor by the Eldar that came there. It is known that many of the ancient Elves were captured by Melkor and imprisoned in Utumno - it is generally thought that these hapless beings were the origins of the race of Orcs.
The Valar discovered that the Elves had awoken when Oromë, hunting in the lands of Middle-earth, heard their singing voices. He named them Eldar, the People of the Stars, but the Elves' own name for their kind was Quendi, those who speak with voices. Because of the horrors of Melkor, many of the Elves were at first suspicious of the Vala, but (after briefly returning to Valinor to tell the other Valar of his discovery) he remained with them and protected them for a time.
Concerned for the safety of the Elves in Middle-earth, which was at that time under the control of Melkor, the Valar left Valinor and made war against the Dark Lord: this was the Battle of the Powers, which saw Melkor taken as captive back to Valinor.
The Great Journey: After the defeat of Melkor, the Valar debated the fate of the Elves - whether they should be left to dwell in Middle-earth, or brought to Valinor to be kept under the direct protection of the Valar. It was decided to bring them to the land of the Valar, and Oromë was sent back to Cuiviénen to summon them.
When he returned, though, he found that the Elves feared the Valar, and were reluctant to make the journey. Three ambassadors were chosen, Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë, to travel to Aman with Oromë, and help the Elves decide on their course. These three were filled with awe by what they saw there, and by the light of the Two Trees, and counselled their people to follow the summons.
The followers of Ingwë, and most of the peoples of Finwë and Elwë agreed, and set out on the Great Journey westwards across the wide lands of Middle-earth. These were the peoples later known as the Three Kindreds, the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri. Not all the Elves obeyed the summons; those who refused are known as Avari, the Unwilling.
Oromë led the peoples of the Three Kindreds out of the east of Middle-earth. The Vanyar were the least numerous, and the most eager to reach Aman, and they came first on the Journey, followed by the Noldor of Finwë.
The Teleri, led by Elwë and his brother Olwë, were the greatest host, and many were uncertain and doubtful. Not a few of these people left the Journey and remained in Middle-earth. The most notable of those who turned from the Journey were the Nandor, who were led away down the Vales of Anduin by Lenwë.
At last, the Vanyar and the Noldor reached the shores of the Great Sea, in the regions between the Bay of Balar and the Firth of Drengist (regions later known, at least for the most part, as the Falas). Ulmo brought a great island to the shores, and on it transported the Elves to Aman.
(Continued in Elves 2 - next entry).
The Elder Children of Ilúvatar.
The first Elves awoke by Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle-earth, long Ages before the Rising of the Sun or Moon. Unlike Men, the Elves were not subject to illness or death, and at the time of the Lord of the Rings, there were still at least two Elves in Aman who had awoken by Cuiviénen in the first days; Ingwë, Lord of the Vanyar, and Olwë, brother of King Elu Thingol.
Origins and Early History: In the far eastern land of Cuiviénen, on the shores of the Inland Sea of Helcar and beneath the mountains of the Orocarni, the Elves awoke under the starlight of the Years of the Trees. The Valar at first knew nothing of their coming, but they were soon discovered by the spies of Melkor, who sent his creatures to watch them and harrass them.
How long they existed in this perilous and unprotected state is not known, but the legends of those times, of the Hunter and of a dark Rider, were preserved in Valinor by the Eldar that came there. It is known that many of the ancient Elves were captured by Melkor and imprisoned in Utumno - it is generally thought that these hapless beings were the origins of the race of Orcs.
The Valar discovered that the Elves had awoken when Oromë, hunting in the lands of Middle-earth, heard their singing voices. He named them Eldar, the People of the Stars, but the Elves' own name for their kind was Quendi, those who speak with voices. Because of the horrors of Melkor, many of the Elves were at first suspicious of the Vala, but (after briefly returning to Valinor to tell the other Valar of his discovery) he remained with them and protected them for a time.
Concerned for the safety of the Elves in Middle-earth, which was at that time under the control of Melkor, the Valar left Valinor and made war against the Dark Lord: this was the Battle of the Powers, which saw Melkor taken as captive back to Valinor.
The Great Journey: After the defeat of Melkor, the Valar debated the fate of the Elves - whether they should be left to dwell in Middle-earth, or brought to Valinor to be kept under the direct protection of the Valar. It was decided to bring them to the land of the Valar, and Oromë was sent back to Cuiviénen to summon them.
When he returned, though, he found that the Elves feared the Valar, and were reluctant to make the journey. Three ambassadors were chosen, Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë, to travel to Aman with Oromë, and help the Elves decide on their course. These three were filled with awe by what they saw there, and by the light of the Two Trees, and counselled their people to follow the summons.
The followers of Ingwë, and most of the peoples of Finwë and Elwë agreed, and set out on the Great Journey westwards across the wide lands of Middle-earth. These were the peoples later known as the Three Kindreds, the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri. Not all the Elves obeyed the summons; those who refused are known as Avari, the Unwilling.
Oromë led the peoples of the Three Kindreds out of the east of Middle-earth. The Vanyar were the least numerous, and the most eager to reach Aman, and they came first on the Journey, followed by the Noldor of Finwë.
The Teleri, led by Elwë and his brother Olwë, were the greatest host, and many were uncertain and doubtful. Not a few of these people left the Journey and remained in Middle-earth. The most notable of those who turned from the Journey were the Nandor, who were led away down the Vales of Anduin by Lenwë.
At last, the Vanyar and the Noldor reached the shores of the Great Sea, in the regions between the Bay of Balar and the Firth of Drengist (regions later known, at least for the most part, as the Falas). Ulmo brought a great island to the shores, and on it transported the Elves to Aman.
(Continued in Elves 2 - next entry).
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Elves
Small creatures which live deep in the Forbidden Forest where they hold midnight feasts and play pranks on the lost passerby. They are actually very nice despite their tricky nature.
Small creatures which live deep in the Forbidden Forest where they hold midnight feasts and play pranks on the lost passerby. They are actually very nice despite their tricky nature.
House Elf
Small creatures which work as servants in some wizard homes; they can only be set free when the master offers the elf a piece of clothing.
S.P.E.W.
The Society for Promotion of Elfish Welfare; Organization founded by Hermione to stop House Elf abuse [4].
Elves Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Elf
An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology which still survives in northern Europe. The elves were originally a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests and underground places and caves, or in wells and springs. They have been portrayed to be long-lived or immortal and as beings of magical powers. Following J. R. R. Tolkien's influential The Lord of the Rings—in which a wise, angelic (and human-sized) people named Elves have a significant role—elves became staple characters of modern fantasy (see Elves in fantasy fiction and games).
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Elf (disambiguation)
ELF may refer to:
- Extremely low frequency, the band of radio frequencies from 3 to 30 hertz
- Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmentalism group
- Environmental Life Force, a radical environmentalism group
- Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity), the motto of the French Republic
- Erisian Liberation Front (see Discordianism)
- Eritrean Liberation Front, the main secessionist movement in Eritrea during the 1960s and 1970s
- European Liberation Front, the goal of minimizing the diverse European nationalistic groups to form a common front
- Environmental Law Foundation, a UK registered charity
- Endangered Language Fund, a non-profit organization
- Executable and Linkable Format, a common object file format for Unix
- ELF Corporation, a Japanese maker of hentai CGI and games
- Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien
- ELF submachine gun, a submachine gun
- East London Federation (ELF), a socialist political party in the United Kingdom also known as the East London Federation of Suffragettes (ELFS)
- Esper Liberation Front, a fictional organization in the Deathstalker novels
- Event Listener Framework
- European Lacrosse Federation, the governing body of lacrosse in Europe
- Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization Index, a political model regarding civil conflict.
- Exército de Libertação de Fermentelos, a Portuguese paramilitary organisation.
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