Alf

alf ALF älf 'alf English Pronunciation en /ælf/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alf.wav Southern England en ælf 1 Proper noun en male Alfred,Alfonso Germanic languages. Noun en AU slang derogatory An uncultured Australian. 1973, Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Education, Science and the Arts, Reference, Broadcasting and Television: Official Hansard Report (page 1076) Martin Sharp once described Sydney's western suburbs to me hazily as 'where the Alfs live'. en 2009 Michelle Arrow Friday on Our Minds: Popular Culture in Australia Since 1945 96 Oz savaged suburbia as a wasteland of consumerism and conformity, peopled with 'Alfs' en 2016 Jon Piccini Transnational Protest, Australia and the 1960s 74 Coote ended his piece with the claim that “[t]he Australian Alfs are beyond redemption”, and as such only small groups of militant aligned students and workers posed a real challenge to the system. Anagrams en afl fal AFL Fla. FAL FLA Fla Fal Flå LFA Danish Etymology From da non Alfr, non alfr elf, with an identical meaning in modern Danish. Also a medieval contraction of da Adolf, and later used as a pet form of da Alfred. Proper noun da male Old Norse Etruscan Romanization ett romanization ett 𐌀𐌋𐌅 Norwegian Bokmål Etymology From nb non Alfr. Also a contraction of nb Adolf. Proper noun nb proper noun nb male Old Norse Related terms female names: nb Alfhild, nb Vilde References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 803 males with the given name Alf living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011. Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology nn non Alfr where <f> has been misinterpreted as /f/. Compare the inherited nn Alv and nn alv. Also a contraction of nn Adolf. Proper noun nn proper noun m nn male Old Norse Alv Related terms female names: nn Alfhild, nn Vilde References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 803 males with the given name Alf living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011. Swedish Etymology From sv non Alfr. Also a contraction of sv Adolf. Proper noun c sv male Old Norse Related terms female names: sv Alfhild, sv Alva Anagrams sv afl fal