eld

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Also from the root al or il, to move, I take to be the Old Norse elfa, Dan. elv, Swed. elf, a river.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

It is not from Elvkarleby Fall that it reaches hither; it is close by; it is from Laa Foss in which lies Ash Island: the elv streams and rushes over the leaping salmon.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

The carriage stopped near the bridge; we stepped out, and close before us fell the whole redundant elv.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

It is far prettier to go up on the sloping bank along the elv, than to follow the straight high-road into the town.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

The ice broke up and the elv came over the fields and forest.

From Pictures of Sweden by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)