Alf

Full definition of alf

Noun

1. (Norse mythology) A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar.
• 2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that the alfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm was composed.