# فِي ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ:
### Etymology

Derives from the Old Norse, Ljósálfar.

### اسم

light elves
* A race of elves who live above ground and are radiant.
* (paganism) A daylight dwelling elf or nature spirit (as opposed to the underground dwelling dark elves or dwarves) in Heathenry.

#### Translations

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* Old Norse: Ljósálfar

### See also

dark elves

### References

* Bulfinch, Thomas (1834). Bulfinch's Mythology. New York: Harper & Row, 1970, p. 348. ISBN 0-690-57260-3.
* Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220-221.