alfin

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"Pur tragge alfin la spada e con gran forza

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  1. from late Middle English alfyn, alphyn, aufyn, etc., from Old French alfin, like Middle Latin alphinus, Italian alfino, alfido, alfiere, alfiero, from Spanish alfil, arfil = Portuguese alfil, alfir, from Arabic al-fīl, the elephant, from al, the, + fīl, from Persian Hind, fīl, Sanskrit pīlu, elephant, this piece having had orig. the form of an elephant.
 

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