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- From: petex@cix.compulink.co.uk (Peter Christian)
- Subject: Re: quendi and linguistics
- Reply-To: petex@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:33:00 +0000
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- In-Reply-To: <19935.4267.11618@dosgate> milan.rezac@canrem.com (milan rezac)
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- > I was wondering if anyone out there knows the etymology of the word "elf"
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- I have a colleague who's writing a book on elves, both the word and
- the associated folk lore, so I'll pass this posting on to him and
- post any reply. I expect it's a pretty difficult matter, as I
- understand the early sources are rather thin and problematic.
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- Peter
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