Post by Hanna BurdonPost by Eneuel Leszek CiszewskiPost by Hanna BurdonKto wprowadził duże elfy, nie wiem, ale faktem jest, że w
słownikach to są małe psotne istotki.
W jakich słownikach -- jeśli można wiedzieć.
W angielskich. Mogę zacytować, ale byłoby to mocno OT, boć to nie
grupa pl.hum.angielszczyzna.
Skoro cię to interesuje, to narażę się na potępienie i zacytuję
publicznie:
ELF
plural elves
a small often mischievous fairy
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=elf
plural elves
a supernatural creature of folk tales, represented as a small, delicate
human figure with pointed ears and a capricious nature.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/elf?view=uk
plural elves
small supernatural mischief-maker: a small lively creature resembling a
human being, often considered to have a mischievous nature and magical
powers
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861607944
plural elves
a small person with pointed ears who has magic powers in children's
stories
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=25191&dict=CALD
an imaginary, small, and often mischievous humanlike creature that has
magical powers, or a person, usu. a child, resembling this creature in
size and sprightliness.
http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=elf&matchtype=exact
plural elves
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, esp. from
mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often
mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a
diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/elf
plural elves, rare elfs
Fairies that are somewhat mischievous; [Folklore] SYN: hob, gremlin,
pixie, pixy, brownie, imp.
http://www.ultralingua.net/index.html?service=ee&text=elf
a small, imaginary person, usually shown in pictures dressed in green with
pointed ears and a tall hat, and often described in stories as playing
tricks and having magical powers
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=elf*1+0&dict=A
in Germanic mythology, a type of fairy. Usually represented as tiny
people, elves are said to dwell in forests, in the sea, and in the air.
Although they can be friendly to man, they are more frequently vengeful
and mischievous.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/el/elf.html
a diminutive supernatural being of Teutonic mythology, usually of a more
or less mischievous and malignant character, causing diseases and evil
dreams, stealing children and substituting changelings, and thus somewhat
different from the Romanic fairy, which usually has less sinister
associations. The prehistoric arrowheads and other flint implements were
in England early known as elf-bolts or elf-arrows, and were looked on as
the weapons of the elves, with which they injured cattle. So too a tangle
in the hair was called an elf-lock,, as being caused by the mischief of
the elves.
http://20.1911encyclopedia.org/E/EL/ELF.htm
Nawiasem mówiąc, po angielsku istnieją od "elf" różne przymiotniki: elfin,
elven, elfish, elvish.
Hania