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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The king of the elves or fairies.

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Examples

  • In various versions of The Silmarillion material, an eagle saves the body of the elf-king Fingolfin from defilement, another carries the lovers Beren and Lùthien away from dire peril, and Eagles help fight the dragons of Morgoth during the War of Wrath.

    Four Hours and Out « Whatever 2007

  • Thus did the elf-king, the highest of all mages in his land, signal that there would be no more conversation here tonight, on this subject or any other.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • The hound discovered these in a cave not far from the city of the elf-king, fair Silvanost, the shining jewel upon the breast of the kingdom.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • Let them flee downriver to the other towns, wailing the song of their terror until it reached the ears of the elf-king, Speaker Lorac himself.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • In the globe, in his mind, the elf-king lifted up his sword and all the light of stars, the light of the red moon and the silver, chased down the steel, running like water and blood.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • The elf-king almost shouted those very words, the dictum of the orb.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • "You are mine," whispered the elf-king, his face hollowed by shadows, made unwholesome in the green light.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • The voice sighed, soft as the wash of the Thon-Thalas against its banks, soft as a breeze, and it seemed to the elf-king that the voice changed a little.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • It must not be said, though, that in his madness the elf-king failed of his promise to rid the kingdom of the dragonarmy of Takhisis.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • In the Tower of the Stars, the elf-king howled high to the heavens, shrieking to the gods.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

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