elfling

English

Etymology

From elf +‎ -ling.

Noun

elfling (plural elflings)

  1. A small or tiny elf; an elf of a diminutive type.
    • 1877 August 4, The Ipswich Observer and West Moreton Advocate, Qld, page S1, column 2:
      The boy was a big man now and the child had grown into a young woman; quite different from the pretty little elfling who had sat upon his knee.
    • 1922 October 27, The Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record, Renmark, SA, page 22, column 3:
      Dear soul, dear changeling, elfling dear,
      My body's guest and mate,
      Now whither wilt thou go?
    • 1937 January 26, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 23, column 4:
      At dawn beneath an apple tree,
      The morn her dancing elflings told
      To clothe the world in dewdrops free.
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