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Elf-shot
Afflicted with some unknown disease, and supposed to have been
wounded by an elfin arrow. The rinderpest would, in the Middle Ages,
have been ascribed to elf-shots. (See Elf-Arrows.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Elf-shot from Infoplease:
- Elf-shot - Elf-shot Afflicted with some unknown disease, and supposed to have been wounded by an elfin arrow. ...
- Elf-arrows - Elf-arrows Arrow-heads of the neolithic period. The shafts of these arrows were reeds, and the ...
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: E - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "E"
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