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Elf vs Ouphe - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between elf and ouphe

is that elf is a luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy while ouphe is a small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.

As an initialism ELF

is initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front|Earth Liberation Front|lang=en a radical environmentalism group.

elf

English

Noun

(elves) (wikipedia elf)
  • (Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.
  • Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. Usually skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
  • (fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse (through Tolkien's Eldar)
  • A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

    • Derived terms

    * elfin * elfinwood * elfish * Elfland * elflock * elven * elvish * light elves * dark elves

    See also

    * fay * fairy * brownie * dwarf * hobbit

    References

    * Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races'' Series, Volume 2 ''Eddic , Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    ouphe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aulf

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.
  • * 1602 , '', Act 5, Scene 4, 1768, John Baskerville, Alexander Pope (editors), ''The Works of Shakespear , Volume 1, page 301,
    • Strew good luck, ouphes , on every ?acred room, / That it may ?tand 'till the perpetual Doom, / In ?tate as whol?om, as in ?tate 'tis fit; / Worthy the owner, as the owner it.
  • * 1835', , ''The Culprit Fay'', '''1899 , ''The Culprit Fa[y] , page 4,
    • For an Ouphe has broken his vestal vow; / He has loved an earthly maid, / And left for her his woodly shade;
  • * 1835 , Review of The Culprit Fay and Other Poems'' by Joseph Rodman Drake and ''Alnwick Castle'' by Fitz-Greene Halleck, ''Southern Literary Messenger , Volume 2, page 329,
    • The plot is as follows. An Ouphe , one of the race of Fairies, has "broken his vestal vow,"in short, he has broken Fairy-law in becoming enamored of a mortal.