Noun: alv
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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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 […]) [1867, Kristofer Janson, Alven min:]
Nouns inflected like alv
bernhardin,
billettautomat,
røykdukkar,
krøpling,
symbal,
synops,
synsar,
syklon,
syklus,
swazilendar,
kroppsdel,
snøbre,
serbar,
server,
sesjon,
sesong,
septim,
setjar,
settar,
sefard, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. See: Old Norse Nouns '
alfr'.
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