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語源

Back-formation from dark elves, a calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɑːk ɛlf/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɑɹk ɛlf/

名詞

dark elf (plural dark elves)

1. (Norse mythology) A member of the race of Dǫkkálfar or Dark Alfs, creatures who live underground.
   • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 20:

     Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations.

2. (fantasy) A member of a race of elves that is evil, has a dark (often greyish or bluish) skin and/or lives in dark places.

使用する際の注意点

Some scholars think that in Old Norse the term for dark elves was a kenning for "dwarves".

参考

• drow
• light elf

参照

• Bulfinch, Thomas (1834; republished in 1970 by Harper & Row), Bulfinch's Mythology, →ISBN, page 348
• Mythology of All Races, volume 2: Eddic, Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pages 220–221

アナグラム

• farkled