alv

alv

1. (international standards) ISO 639-5 language code for Atlantic–Congo languages.

From Old Norse afl.

• IPA^(key): /alv/
• Rhymes: -alv

alv n (genitive singular alvs, uncountable)

1. physical strength, might

• kropsstyrki, megi, máttur

alv

1. VAT (value added tax); abbreviation of arvonlisävero

• elv

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

• IPA^(key): /alv/, [ɑlʋ]

alv m (definite singular alven, indefinite plural alver, definite plural alvene)

1. an elf (mythical being)

“alv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• elv

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

alv m (definite singular alven, indefinite plural alvar, definite plural alvane)

1. an elf (mythical being)
   • 1867, Kristofer Janson, Alven min:

     Eg tenkte dat so mang ein Gong: "aa han, som var so sæl, at faa ein Alv med Laatt og Song, i Stova berr' eit Bil […]

     I thought so many a time: "oh he, who was so blessed, to have an elf with mirth and song, in his house just for a while […]

Male given names:

Female given names:

“alv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• alb (Vallader)

From Latin albus.

alv m (feminine singular alva, masculine plural alvs, feminine plural alvas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) white

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
• (Surmiran) neir

alv

1. initialism of a la verga

• alf (officially obsolete since 1906, but still used for etymology 1)

• IPA^(key): /alv/, [alːv]

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

alv c

1. (mythology, fantasy) elf; a human-resembling, often magical, being
   • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Lokes smädelser (Lokasenna) §2, page 153:

     Av asar och alver / som sitter här inne / vill ingen vara din vän.

     Of the Æsir and elves / who sit in here / no one wants to be your friend.

• älva

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alv c (uncountable)

1. subsoil

• alvjord

• lav, val