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Aulf vs Ouphe - What's the difference?

aulf | ouphe | Alternative forms |

Aulf is an alternative form of ouphe.


As a noun ouphe is

(obsolete) a small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.

aulf

Not English

Aulf has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'aulf':

aloof, alef, alif, alief

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.