water elf
Example Sentences
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If a man is in the water elf disease, then are the nails of his hand livid, and the eyes tearful, and he will look downwards.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
This was for one “in the water elf disease,” and we read that a person so afflicted would have livid nails and tearful eyes, and would look downwards.
From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
