Word info

elf-shot

Speech parts

1. elf-shot - Noun

2. elf-shot - Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

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

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