A half-adoption, half-transl. of Da. elle-pige elf-girl.
1850. Keightley, Fairy Mythol., 234. The Wilde Frauen or Wild-women of Germany bear a very strong resemblance to the Elle-maids of Scandinavia.
a. 1859. L. Hunt, Shewe Faire Seem., xxv. Like trunk of dread Elle-maiden, haunting Germany.
