英和和英

名詞

elf-maiden (plural elf-maidens)

1. elfmaid, a female elf.
   • 1845, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Mary Howitt, Only a Fiddler! and O.T., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 298:

     “There upon the hill, close by the wood, did I act the elf-maiden,” said Sophie.

   • 1847 September 11, William J. Thoms, “The Folk-lore of Shakespeare”, in The Athenaeum, London, page 958, column 1:

     That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white,
     “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight”
     That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small,
     “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!”