ouphe

American  

[ouf, oof] / aʊf, uf /

noun

1. an elf or goblin.

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Etymology

Origin of ouphe

First recorded in 1615–25; scribal variant of oaf

Example Sentences

But the truth is that there is no kind of spuk, goblin, elf, fairy, gnome, or ouphe known to all the North of Europe which was not at home in Italy since old Etruscan days, and ghosts, though they do not make themselves common, are by no means as rare as eclipses. 

From Project Gutenberg

And now they deemed the courier ouphe Some hunter-sprite of the elfin ground; And they watched till they saw him mount the roof That canopies the world around; Then glad they left their covert lair, And freaked about in the midnight air.

From Project Gutenberg

The term ouphe, according to Grimm, is only another form of the cognate elf, which corresponds with the Middle High-German ulf, in the plural ulve.

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"An Ouphe!" perhaps you exclaim, "and pray what might that be?"

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I am sorry, mistress," said the Ouphe, "that you slept uneasily—my race are said sometimes by their presence to affect the dreams of you mortals.

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