elf-shot

English

Noun

elf-shot (plural elf-shots)

  1. An elf arrow.

Adjective

elf-shot (not comparable)

  1. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) Maliciously wounded or sickened by having been shot by an elf.
    • 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, page 16:
      The malicious elves did not confine their attacks to human beings; references to elf-shot cattle are numerous.
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