Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ælf-siden

  • noun [ feminine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
ælf-siden, -sidenn, e; f.
The influence of elves or of evil spirits, the nightmare; impetus castalidum, diaboli incubus
Show examples
  • Ðis is se hálga drænc wið ælfsidene and wið eallum feóndes costungum

    this is the holy drink against elfin influence and all temptations of a fiend,

    • Lacn. 11; Lchdm, iii. 10, 23
    • .
  • Wið ælfsidenne,

    • L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm, ii. 138, 23
    • .
Linked entries
v.  -siden.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ælf-siden, n.