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Yes. The word elven is a Scrabble US word. The word elven is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word elven is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

E1L1V4E1N1

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5-letter words (2 found)

ELVEN,NEVEL,

4-letter words (5 found)

EEVN,EVEN,LEVE,NEVE,VELE,

3-letter words (8 found)

EEL,EEN,ENE,EVE,LEE,LEV,NEE,VEE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EL,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from elven according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of elven

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Definitions and meaning of elven

elven

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛlv(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlvən
  • Hyphenation: elv‧en

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Middle English elve, elven (“(also attributively) elf or fairy of either sex”) [and other forms], from Old English elfen, ælfen, ielfen (“female elf”), from elf, ælf, ielf (“elf”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf, fairy”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”)) + -en (suffix forming feminine nouns). The English word is cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“fairy, nymph”).

Noun

elven (plural elvens)

  1. Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf. [before 12th – 14th c.; revived 20th c.]
Translations

Etymology 2

From the attributive use of Middle English elven (“elf or fairy of either sex”) (see etymology 1), like English elfin, reinterpreted as elf +‎ -en (suffix with the sense ‘pertaining to; having the qualities of; resembling’ forming adjectives). The word first appears in the English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien’s works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955): see the quotations.

Adjective

elven (comparative more elven, superlative most elven)

  1. Belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, elves; elfin, elflike. [from mid 20th c.]
    Synonyms: elfish, elvish, elvan
Derived terms
  • half-elven
Translations

Etymology 3

Probably a variant of elmen (“of or pertaining to an elm tree; composed of elm trees; made of elm wood”).

Noun

elven (plural elvens)

  1. (Kent, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire) An elm (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra))).
Alternative forms
  • elvin (Kent)
Translations

References

Further reading

  • elf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “elven, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Leven, Nevel, leven

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.və(n)/
  • Hyphenation: el‧ven
  • Rhymes: -ɛlvən

Noun

elven

  1. plural of elf
  2. (archaic) dative singular of elf

Hungarian

Etymology

elv +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlvɛn]
  • Hyphenation: el‧ven

Noun

elven

  1. superessive singular of elv

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • alven, alve, elfe

Etymology

From Old English elfen, ælfen (“nymph, spirit, fairy”), feminine of elf, ælf (“elf”); by surface analysis, elf +‎ en (feminine suffix). Compare Middle High German elbinne (“fairy, nymph”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlvən/, /ˈalvən/

Noun

elven (plural elvene)

  1. A (especially female) elf, a fairy, nymph

Descendants

  • English: elven, elfe (obsolete)

References

  • “elve(n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • elva

Noun

elven m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of elv

Etymology 2

Noun

elven m

  1. definite singular of elv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

elven m

  1. definite singular of elv (Etymology 2)

Source: wiktionary.org