elfr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *albī.

Noun

elfr f (genitive elfar, dative elfi, plural elfar)

1. river

   Synonym: á

Declension

Declension of elfr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elfr	elfrin	elfar	elfarnar
accusative	elfi	elfina	elfar	elfarnar
dative	elfi	elfinni	elfum	elfunum
genitive	elfar	elfarinnar	elfa	elfanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: elfur, elfa
• Faroese: elvur m, elv f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elv; (dialectal) alv, ålv, olv, ølv
• Old Swedish: ælf
  • Swedish: älv, älf (pre-1906 spelling)
• Old Danish: ælf, ælv
  • Danish: elv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elv

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “elfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive