Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. · An ill-mannered person; a boor. · An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.
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