1. elf-shot - Noun
2. elf-shot - Adjective
elf-shot (plural elf-shots)
An elf arrow; elf arrows.
elf-shot (not comparable)
(Anglo-Saxon and Britain mythology and folklore) Maliciously wounded or sickened by having been shot by an elf.
Martin Nilsson (1967), Vol I, pp. 499–500 The "elf-shot" originally indicated disease or death attributed to the elves, but it was later attested denoting stone arrow -heads which were used by witches to harm people, and also for healing rituals. Source: Internet
The Anglo-Saxons themselves would consider him elf-shot (attacked by elves ), their term for any number of deadly diseases. Source: Internet